Post by Jane Turner, Board Member of the National Whistleblower Center.
The IRS has admitted a staggering statistic:
Whistleblowers who report wealthy tax cheats wait, on average, 10 years to receive awards.
These unacceptable delays affect whistleblowers and the average taxpayer, as tax evaders continue to exploit the system. This is just one of several issues with the IRS Whistleblower Program.
Since its inception, the program has recovered over $6 billion from tax evaders.
Without urgent reform, brave whistleblowers are left unprotected, and the integrity of our tax system is at risk.
Now is the time to act.
Senators Mike Crapo and Ron Wyden have released a bipartisan discussion draft of the Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act, which aims to fix longstanding problems with the IRS Whistleblower Program.
This long-overdue legislation offers reasonable solutions to the flaws in the IRS Whistleblower Program.
We urge you to take action today to call for the passage of this important piece …
