IRS Whistleblower Office Faces Test With Trump Administration

Whistleblower advocates are skeptical that the Trump administration will overhaul the IRS office charged with exposing tax fraud and evasion, despite new legislative action pushing broader reforms.

Although the IRS Whistleblower Office handed out $61 million in awards during fiscal year 2016 to whistleblowers who helped the government halt tax-evasion schemes, critics told Bloomberg BNA that the office isn’t doing enough to ease taxpayers’ minds when they come forward with information.

As a means of improving the Whistleblower Office, Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senate Finance Committee ranking member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced legislation (S. 762) March 29 to ...