On January 30, 2020, the Tax Court issued a Memorandum Opinion in the case of Alber v. Commissioner (T.C. Memo. 2020-20). The issue presented in Alber v. Commissioner was whether the Whistleblower Office of the IRS abused its discretion in summarily rejecting a whistleblower’s claim on the basis that the information provided to support such claim was speculative and/or did not provide specific or credible information regarding tax underpayments or violations of internal revenue laws.