IRS Whistleblower Program Annual Report to the Congress Fiscal Year 2008 (Publication 5241, Rev. 8-2009)

IRS Whistleblower Program Annual Report to Congress FY2008 (Publication 5241, 14 pp.): executive summary (7623(b) claims on 46 taxpayers in the first three months, 1,246 by year end; of 994 with a specific amount alleged, 228 alleged $10 million or more and 64 $100 million or more), programme history (1867 origins, 1996 change, pre-2006 policy of 1/10/15% awards with a $10 million cap, 2006 amendments: 15-30%, 10% for public-disclosure cases, $2 million and $200,000 thresholds), staffing (4 to 14, ten analysts), programme design and guidance (Notice 2008-4, Form 211, IRM revisions 30 Dec 2008, case management contract July 2008, Executive Board July 2008), operations (476 submissions on 1,246 taxpayers; 8 of 198 paid claims over $2 million, 3 over $10 million), Table 1 monthly receipts Oct 2007-Sep 2008, FY2009 priorities, Table 2 7623(a) cases received, awards paid (number and amount), collections over $2 million and amounts collected FY2004-FY2008, footnote on partial payments, appendix reprinting section 7623 and section 406 of the 2006 Act. Already in the data: Table 2 (except one cell), the partial-payment footnote, 476 submissions and 1,246 taxpayers, Notice 2008-4 event. Added: the missing Table 2 cell (FY2007 collections over $2 million: 12), Table 1 (24 cells), the 46/994/228/64 claim counts, 3 claims over $10 million, staffing (3 rows, new indicator programme_staff), 9 rules (pre-2006 policy and the 2006 statute as reprinted), 2 events. Check: Table 1 taxpayers add up to 1,246; the submissions column adds up to 982, not the 476 in the text (flagged in notes). Table 2 has no totals.