IRS Investigating American Express Sales Pitch After Whistleblower Disclosure
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is investigating American Express over allegations that it pitched a questionable tax break to clients, ...
Tag: Tax Whistleblowers
Experts to Discuss Role of Whistleblowers in Stopping Russian Oligarchs
On April 15, the National Whistleblower Center (NWC) is hosting a Tax Day event focusing on how existing U.S. whistleblower ...
Yellen Dodges Senate Whistleblower Question
1/25/21 11:30 EST Update: On January 25, the U.S. Senate voted 84-15 to confirm Janet Yellen as the Secretary of ...
Congress Intended Tax Whistleblowers to Enjoy De Novo Review
The mandatory tax whistleblower program has been a boon for the U.S. government, bringing in more than $616 million in ...
The Most Effective Whistleblower Reward System You’ve Never Heard Of
The US’ many whistleblower reward programs are very well known, even outside legal and anti-corruption circles. It’s no secret that ...
Opinion: 2019 IRS whistleblowers flag tax fraud, offshore accounts and unreported income
The IRS just released its annual report on the whistleblower program – showing over $616 million dollars brought into the Treasury ...
Opinion: New Law Provides Protections For Tax Whistleblowers And Better Communication With IRS
A guest post from Dean Zerbe, senior policy analyst for the National Whistleblower Center and former tax counsel for the Senate ...
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 ...
DOJ Drops Case, IRS Whistleblowers to Receive $12.9 Million Award from Criminal Prosecution of Swiss Bank
Today, the U.S. Department of Justice officially dismissed their appeal of case Whistleblower 21276-13W and 21277-13W v. CIR, Case Nos. 17-1119 ...
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 ...
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