WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, questioned President Trump’s nominee for Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Donald Korb, at a nominations hearing today.
Grassley discussed the importance of the IRS Whistleblower Program with Korb and raised concerns regarding long processing times for award announcements (currently 10 years).
Grassley also questioned Korb and Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury nominee Jonathan Greenstein about the administration’s timeline for implementation of the Clean Fuels Credit under 45Z. In his response, Korb committed to working closely with the IRS Office of Tax Policy to ensure timely guidance is provided on all issues, including the Clean Fuels Credit.
On support for the IRS Whistleblower Program:
GRASSLEY: In July, we visited about the IRS Whistleblower Program, like what Sen. Wyden was talking about it. As you know, I authored the $7.5 billion dollar [law] that brought that much money back to the Federal Treasury through the Whistleblower Program.
You told me [in July] that your views have evolved, and I take that as fact that you gave me, unless I misinterpreted that because you had spoken against the whistleblower program?
On the need to speed up the Whistleblower Program’s long processing times:
GRASSLEY: We’re hearing recurring complaints from whistleblowers that the time it takes to process awards [is too long]. The average claim...
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