IRS Whistleblower Program Fiscal Year 2009 Annual Report to Congress on the Use of Section 7623 (Publication 5241, Rev. 12-2010)

IRS Whistleblower Program Annual Report to Congress FY2009 (Publication 5241 Rev. 12-2010, 13 pp.): executive summary (460 7623(b) submissions on 1,941 taxpayers), programme history (pre-2006 1/10/15% policy and $10 million cap; 2006 amendments), staffing (14 at start, permanent level set at 17, ten analysts), new case management system (January 2009), guidance (Notice 2008-4; IRM 25.2.2 revised 30 Dec 2008 and June 2010), operations (5 of 110 paid claims over $2 million, one over $10 million), Table 1 monthly 7623(b) receipts Oct 2008-Sep 2009, FY2010 priorities, legislative and administrative issues (four guidance areas), awards paid section including the July 2009 change to wait for the refund-claim period, Table 2 7623(a) cases received, awards paid, collections over $2 million, amounts paid and collected FY2005-FY2009 with footnotes, appendix reprinting section 7623 and section 406. Already in the data: Table 2 (except the "collections over $2 million" row), partial payments footnote, 460/1,941, July 2009 event. Added: the 3 missing Table 2 cells, one claim over $10 million, Table 1 (24 cells), staffing (3 rows), 9 rules (pre-2006 policy, 2006 statute as reprinted), 2 events. Checks: Table 1 adds up to 460 submissions and 1,941 taxpayers.