tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398232680738279469.post6499526527554655352..comments2024-03-12T07:30:17.846-07:00Comments on The Tax Times: Whistleblower Case Hinges on IRS Time Frame for Setting AwardsRonald A. Marini, Esq.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14304486100168506240noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398232680738279469.post-19595848304771210512012-11-09T08:48:38.707-08:002012-11-09T08:48:38.707-08:00The Internal Revenue Service Nov. 8 said until it ...The Internal Revenue Service Nov. 8 said until it makes a determination on whether to pay whistleblower Joseph Insinga for his claims against seven major corporations, the U.S. Tax Court has no jurisdiction over the case and nothing can confer jurisdiction on the court other than the IRS's own determination. <br /><br />At issue is whether the Administrative Procedures Act applies to IRS in the case, Insinga v. Commissioner, and whether inaction is tantamount to negative action (Insinga v. Commissioner, T.C., No. 4609-12W, response 11/6/12). <br /><br />The APA confers jurisdiction on the court if agency action or failure to act aggrieves an individual. <br /><br />Insinga said the government has already collected hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes, penalties and interest on his information. The amicus brief filed by Zerbe, Fingeret, Frank & Jadav on behalf of the National Whistleblowers Center is designed to compel the Tax Court to make a final decision without delay. <br /><br />Ronald A. Marini, Esq.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14304486100168506240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398232680738279469.post-16296431225127296562012-11-05T07:59:55.952-08:002012-11-05T07:59:55.952-08:00IRS Granted Another Extension to Respond In ‘Insin...IRS Granted Another Extension to Respond In ‘Insinga' <br />Posted November 2, 2012, 6:57 P.M. ET <br />The Tax Court granted the Internal Revenue Service another extension of time, until Nov. 8, to file a response in a whistleblower case that would force the service to begin paying informants before it has closed out all their claims (Insinga v. Commissioner, T.C. , No. 4609-12W, 10/26/12). <br />IRS previously received an extension of time from Sept. 24 to Oct. 29 to respond to the National Whistleblowers Center's amicus curiae brief in support of whistleblower Joseph Insinga's claim for payment on information implicating seven major corporations in tax avoidance. <br />Insinga, a former Rabobank managing director, alleged that corporations such as General Mills and Newell Rubbermaid were engaged in offshore and other tax avoidance transactions that would result in a total of $1.5 billion in collection of unpaid taxes, penalties, and interest for IRS. <br /><br />Source <br /><br />BNARonald A. Marini, Esq.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14304486100168506240noreply@blogger.com