Internal Revenue Service Whistleblower Office Director Stephen Whitlock told practitioners that the number of claims on which IRS is paying awards has grown dramatically in his five years in the office, and is likely to keep on growing. The IRS Whistleblower Office has received 3,500 submissions since the beginning of fiscal year 2011, with approximately 115 awards…
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Denmark Urges Agreement on EU Savings Tax Changes to Get FATCA Deal With U.S.
EUROPOLITICS BRUSSELS—Denmark urged European Union member states to promptly resolve differences over proposals to revise the EU Savings Tax directive as a way to bridge differences with the U.S. Treasury Department over compliance with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). As the current holder of the EU presidency, Denmark stated at a special meeting of…
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Swiss Bank Wegelin Indicted for Hiding $1.2 Billion From IRS
Wegelin & Co., the oldest Swiss bank, was indicted Feb. 2 for conspiring with U.S. taxpayers to hide more than $1.2 billion in secret accounts from the Internal Revenue Service, the Justice Department announced in unsealing the grand jury indictment from a federal court in Manhattan (United States v. Wegelin,S.D.N.Y., No. 81 12 Cr. 02…
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Federal Court Orders Iowa Man and Eight Companies to Pay Employment Taxes
Watts Trucking Service, Inc., and Other Corporations Allegedly Owe Over $30 Million. A federal court has ordered James Watts and eight corporations to begin paying employment taxes to the United States on a timely basis, the Justice Department announced today. According to the government complaint in the case, Watts, of Bettendorf, Iowa, is the president…
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