IRS Whistleblower Program Fiscal Year 2012 Report to the Congress on the Use of Section 7623 (Publication 5241)

IRS Whistleblower Program FY2012 report to Congress (24 pp.): program history and rules; staffing (18 at start, ICE unit of 13 transferred January 2012, 36 at year end; staff counts out of scope); case management changes July-August 2012; guidance (collected-proceeds regulations 22 Feb 2012, interim guidance 7 Jun 2012, Deputy Commissioner memo 20 Jun 2012, proposed regulations 18 Dec 2012); five 7623(b) claims paid since FY2011 and the $104 million award of 27 Aug 2012 (both already recorded); 7623(b) submissions FY2007-2012 (Table 1, already recorded); open 7623(b) claims by status incl. four new suspended sub-statuses as of 10 Dec 2012 (Table 2, parts add to totals); days in current status (Table 3); intake change for FY2013 (SB/SE about 5 percent potential 7623(b), LB&I about two thirds); legislative issues; Table 4 FY2008-2012 cases received, awards paid, collections over $2 million, award amounts, collections, awards as percentage of collections; four partial payments in FY2012. Added Table 2 and 3 in full, the over-$2-million and percentage rows, partial-payment count, the SB/SE share, restated rules and four events. The note that new suspension reasons were applied to about 23 percent of suspended claims (data-recording progress) is not recorded.