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Application for reward of Original Information.

Informant provides information that was not ~otherwise
available~ to the service.

If the information results in an additional tax liability,
which is successfully collected, the service does pay the
informant an reward.

The claims might take time to process, as you all know the
investigations, can take time, then the collection process
must be completed, and finally the application is processed
to issue the reward.

The underlying investigation might be complete, but
Assessment is next, then onto collection!

This could take a while.

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"Harlan Lunsford" wrote:
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It's an informant claim for reward. Like 2-5-10% depending
upon the "sine qua non" value of the information. Time
frame for any payment is months, years. I don't think it's
payable until tax is actually collected.

The curious ones were 211's filed by Criminal
Investigation's agents on behalf of CI's - confidential
informants. As a policy matter it seemed there's something
wrong with that, but the integrity of the criminal
investigators in my exp was very high. I had to also to
periodically audit the "imprest fund" wherein there were
occasional up-front payments by the criminal people to
informants. Some audit. Disbursements all on the signature
of a high CI official, details to which I may not be
entitled to were I had the temerity to inquire. No need to
know and all that. Payments there weren't that large for
"street money." Them class of informants work cheap. :-)

Fred F.

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D. Stussy wrote:

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I dunno, but for the edification of all, just what is a 211
claim?

ChEAr$,
Harlan Lunsford, EA n LA
Mon 6 Feb 2006

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What I'm looking for: What's the time frame between the
closing of the underlying investigation and the decision on
the claim itself?

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