As a business reporter, I write about small businesses opening and closing, manufacturing, food and drink, labor issues and economic data. I particularly love writing about the impact of state and federal policy on local businesses. I also do some education reporting, covering colleges in southeastern Connecticut and regional K-12 issues.
Erica Moser
As a business reporter, I write about small businesses opening and closing, manufacturing, food and drink, labor issues and economic data. I particularly love writing about the impact of state and federal policy on local businesses. I also do some education reporting, covering colleges in southeastern Connecticut and regional K-12 issues.
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Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, who chairs the Senate Finance Committee, introduced a bipartisan bill Tuesday to beef up the Internal Revenue Service’s whistleblower program and protect tax tipsters.
The
IRS Whistleblower Program Improvement Act includes seven measures to bolster the already successful program, which has brought in over $6 billion from individuals and businesses that were trying to avoid taxes. The
bill would provide for “de novo” review in appeals heard by the U.S. Tax Court, permitting new evidence to be admitted to the record, and providing a presumption of anonymity for whistleblowers before the court. The legislation would also exempt whistleblower awards from congressional budget sequestration measures, which could reduce the amounts, and provide that interest be paid to awardees if the award has not been paid within one year. It would also bring the tax treatment of attorney’s fees into line with other whistlebl
The FBI says it is getting serious about sexual harassment in its ranks. It's starting a 24/7 tip line, doing more to help accusers and taking a tougher stand against agents found to have committed misconduct.
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