Israeli Bank Hit with Massive Penalty for Tax Evasion
An article published by SwissInfo on Friday reports that Israeli bank Hapoalim has been fined nearly $875 million by the ...
Tag: Tax Fraud
IRS Warns Taxpayers of Increased COVID-19 Frauds, Encourages Reporting of Scams
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a warning to taxpayers about fraudulent schemes related to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak. ...
GAO Report Finds Excluding FBAR Violations from Award Calculations “Negatively Affected Whistleblowers’ Willingness to Bring Information to IRS”
In February 2018, Congress passed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, requiring the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to include penalties for Report ...
Historic Win for Tax Whistleblowers at International Financial Institutions
DOJ withdraws appeal in criminal tax whistleblower case; whistleblowers to obtain US$12.9 million award WASHINGTON, D.C. | MARCH 29, 2018—The ...
Key Whistleblower Protections Cut from Tax Reform Law, Criminal Fraudsters Protected
Washington, D.C. December 16, 2017. The final version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Bill has eliminated two key provisions ...
DOJ’s Decision to Appeal Tax Whistleblower Case Will Weaken the Federal Government’s Ability to Detect Fraud
The Justice Department is appealing the Tax Court’s decision in Whistleblower 21276-13W v. Commissioner and Whistleblower 21277-13W v. Commissioner, 147 T.C. No. ...
IRS Whistleblower Advocates Hopeful New Administration Upholds “Collected Proceeds” Tax Court Decision
In a press release issued today, attorneys for a husband and wife tax fraud whistleblowers, expressed optimism that President Trump's ...
Trump’s Nominee for Attorney General Voices Support for Major Anti-Fraud Program
Senator Sessions: “It's not acceptable to retaliate against a whistleblower.” Washington, D.C. January 12, 2017. The U.S. Department of Justice ...
UBS Whistleblower Gives Behind the Scenes Look into Swiss Bank Secrecy
In 2012, Bradley Birkenfeld made history when he obtained the largest whistleblower reward ever given to an individual whistleblower in the twenty-five ...
Four-Year Campaign Results In Historic-Win For Tax Whistleblowers
The following is an editorial from the National Whistleblower Center: On August 3, 2016 the U.S. Tax Court ruled that tax ...
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