Stop Penalizing Heroes, End Double Taxation of Whistleblowers
In a completely reactionary and spiteful effort, the U.S. government is double taxing whistleblowers for their attorney fees under an ...
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Bring Back Income Averaging for Whistleblowers Who are Victims of Retaliation
Whistleblower programs are undermined by harsh tax policy, specifically by the elimination of income averaging. Income averaging is a tax ...
Leading Whistleblower Attorney: Congress Must Pass CFTC Whistleblower Funding Law
In a new article for Law360, leading whistleblower attorney Stephen M. Kohn calls for Congress to pass the bipartisan CFTC ...
IRS Whistleblower Receives $11.9 Million Award
On August 22, two whistleblower attorneys announced that an anonymous whistleblower client had received a $11.9 million award from the ...
Senator Grassley Rallies Support for Whistleblowers in Honor of National Whistleblower Day
In a recent online Q&A session, as well as during a speech at the National Whistleblower Center’s National Whistleblower Day ...
Bipartisan Legislation Unveiled to Strengthen False Claims Act
On July 25, a bipartisan group of senators proposed the False Claims Amendments Act of 2023, aiming to bolster the ...
Advocates, Government Officials File Supreme Court Briefs Supporting UBS Whistleblower
In May, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) whistleblower case with widespread implications for the ...
IRS Whistleblower Program’s Annual Report: Long Waits, Low Rewards
On June 28, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released its Annual Report to Congress regarding the performance of the agency's ...
Former Acting Chair of SEC Calls for SEC Whistleblower Reform Bill
According to Allison Herren Lee, former Commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the SEC Whistleblower Reform Act ...
Bill Sets Up Whistleblower Incentives for CFPB
Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) introduced a bill in the Senate on March 30 that would provide incentives for whistleblowers ...
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