IRS Guidelines Slow Whistleblower Rewards, Group Tells Lawmakers

April 23, 2024, 8:31 PM UTC

The IRS must reverse its guidelines that are leading to years in delays in payments to whistleblowers and discouraging them from coming forward, the National Whistleblower Center said in a letter to US lawmakers.

Many whistleblowers have waited over 10 years for an award—"and thanks to the partial award/multiple actions rule – they are looking at waiting years and years more for an award to be issued,” NWC said in its April 19 letter to Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa).

IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel told Grassley during a Senate Finance hearing April 16 ...

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