IRS Whistleblower Program Fiscal Year 2010 Report to the Congress on the Use of Section 7623 (Publication 5241)

IRS Whistleblower Program FY2010 report to Congress (20 pp., Rev. 6-2011): program history and rules (pre-2006 discretionary policy of 1/10/15 percent and $10 million cap; 7623(b) 15-30 percent, 10 percent for public-source cases, $2 million and $200,000 thresholds; 30-day Tax Court appeal); IRM revision June 2010 (7623(a) claims from 1 July 2010 on 7623(b) percentages); case management system; staffing (17, increase to 21 authorised; staff counts not recorded, no indicator); 7623(b) submissions and taxpayers FY2007-2010 (Table 1); administrative priorities and legislative issues (about 85 percent of submissions below the 7623(b) thresholds); Table 2 7623(a) cases received, awards paid, paid claims with collections over $2 million, award amounts and collections FY2006-2010 (title says FY2005-2010 but FY2005 is not printed); 17 partial payments totalling $13 million; appendix reprinting section 7623. Added: the "collections over $2 million" row, the partial-payment count, the 85 percent share (proposed indicator tips_share), restated rules and three events. Everything else was already in the data.