Brad Birkenfeld receives $104 million IRS whistleblower award
The National Whistleblowers Center announced this morning that UBS banking whistleblower Bradley Birkenfeld received a tax whistleblower award of $104 ...
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Tax Court calls for an answer from IRS whistleblower case
The United States Tax Court issued an order Tuesday that requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to respond by September ...
IRS plans to retool its whistleblower program
On Wednesday, the IRS announced a plan for a comprehensive review of its whistleblower program, working with both “internal and ...
IRS resists using whistleblowers
Whistleblower disclosures have helped the federal government make some of its biggest recoveries from fraudsters. In the Obama administration alone, ...
FBI’s PSA Excludes Key Information for Whistleblowers
This week, the FBI released a public service announcement by actor Michael Douglas encouraging the public to report financial fraud. ...
IRS Tax Court Upholds Whistleblower Anonymity
The IRS tax court issued a very important decision yesterday in Whistleblower 14106-10W vs. Commissioner of Internal Revenue regarding confidential ...
GAO Releases Report on IRS Whistleblower Program
Yesterday, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its report on the current effectiveness of the IRS whistleblower program. Since 2007, ...
Is the IRS Systemically Averse to Whistleblowers?
Since the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) instituted a new whistleblower program in 2006, only one award has been made to ...
IRS issues proposed whistleblower rule today
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is publishing today a new proposed regulation for its whistleblower reward program. In today's Federal ...
WSJ reports on hurdles for financial fraud whistleblowers
The Wall Street Journal is reporting today on the hurdles that whistleblowers face when they provide tips about financial fraud ...
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