D.C. Circuit Could Finally Fix IRS Whistleblower Program

“The IRS whistleblower program’s success in detecting and deterring tax crimes has been undermined by a recent US Tax Court decision concerning the appropriate standard of review for analyzing decisions made by the IRS Whistleblower Office,” writes Siri Nelson ’19, executive director of the National Whistleblower Center (NWC) and an adjunct professor at Northeastern Law, in a co-authored op-ed for Bloomberg Tax.