House Tax Writers to Consider IRS Whistleblower Bill: BGOV Tax

House Panel to Consider Tax, IRS Bills

The House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday will consider five bipartisan tax-related bills, including a proposal to strengthen the IRS whistleblower program.

The whistleblower bill would make changes that include expanding the US Tax Court’s ability to review IRS whistleblower award determinations and giving whistleblowers a presumption of anonymity before the court. The provisions in the bill also are included in a wide-ranging tax administration package introduced in the Senate by Finance Committee Chair Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and ranking member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).

Other bills slated for consideration by Ways and Means ...