IRS Whistleblower Program Fiscal Year 2019 Annual Report to Congress (Publication 5241, Rev. 2-2020)

IRS Whistleblower Program FY2019 report to Congress (19 pp., Rev. 2-2020; Figure 2 revised 3 Feb 2020): Director's message (181 awards, $120,305,278; proceeds $616,773,127 split Title 26 / non-Title 26; 282 foreign whistleblowers; percentage changes not recorded); background, rules, BBA 2018 and Taxpayer First Act 2019 (event already recorded); GAO follow-up; staffing (37 FTE, Figure 1, out of scope); issues of interest; Table 1 FY2017-2019; Figure 2 claims paid and days/years by type; Figure 3 FY2019 claim numbers by month and type; Table 2(A) receipts by operating division; Table 2(B) receipts sent to field examination; Figure 4(A) issued/open/closed; Figure 4(B) whistleblowers by region (chart image, OCR); Figure 5 open 7623(b) claims by year of receipt; Table 3 open claims by phase; Table 4 closures by reason with percent and average days. Added the missing rows of Tables 1-4 and Figures 2, 3, 4(B) and 5 (Figure 3 series by stacking order; Figure 5 adds to the Table 3 7623(b) total of 12,174; Figure 4(B) values from OCR), restated rules. Rules restated from other sources are now recorded from this document too (decision 8).