IRS Whistleblower Program Fiscal Year 2016 Annual Report to the Congress (Publication 5241)

IRS Whistleblower Program FY2016 report to Congress (19 pp.): Director's message (cumulative $3.4 billion collected and $465 million awarded; 418 awards; percentage changes not recorded; Publication 5251); background and rules; GAO audit (ten recommendations, nine implemented) and TIGTA; staffing and Figure 1 FTEs (out of scope; ICE unit moved to SB/SE 10 Jul 2016); legislative issues; Table 1 FY2014-2016 claims related to awards, awards, 7623(b) awards, collections over $2 million, amounts, percentages; Figure 2 claims paid and days/years to process by type; Figure 3 FY2016 claims by month and type; Table 2 FY2016 receipts by operating division; Figure 4 received/open/closed FY2014-2016; Figure 5 open 7623(b) claims by year of receipt; Table 3 open claims by phase (plus 215 closed claims in litigation); Table 4 FY2016 closures by reason with percent, average and maximum days (73 percent from FY2015-16 receipts); glossary. Added the missing rows of Tables 1-4 and Figures 2-5 (Figure 3 series assigned by stacking order; Figure 5 adds to 14,843 vs 14,844 in Table 3), the 73 percent share, restated rules and one event. Note: the FY2016 closure counts already in the data use reason slugs with a unicode hyphen (e.g. claim_rejected_‐_...) while the day averages use plain slugs; my rows use the plain slugs.