ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Taxpayer First Act Helps Whistleblowers Protections Against Employer Retaliation Expanding The Disclosures Protected By Law Laws enacted within the last year enhanced the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) whistleblower program for accountants, tax professionals, and other insiders who blow the whistle on tax fraud. Whistleblower rewards rose too. Over […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Large Whistleblower Awards Keep Coming False Claims Act 2017 was a banner year for whistleblower cases under the False Claims Act. The Department of Justice obtained more than $3.7 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud and false claims against the government in the past […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER  Whistleblower Anonymity The IRS encourages whistleblowers to assist in prosecuting tax fraud and rewards whistleblowers when the government recovers money. From initial application up to trial, the whistleblower’s anonymity can usually be preserved. If the case gets to the Tax Court the whistleblower/relator’s name is likely to be […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER IRS Whistleblower Reveals Hedge Fund Tax Fraud Massive Tax Fraud and Multiple False Claims Tax fraud ranges from cheating on a 1040 to massive tax avoidance schemes, often offshore, amounting to the tens of millions. One whistleblower (also known as a “relator” under some statutes) has blown the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Beware Annuity Sales Hype Always Think About Taxes Incomplete information is worse than none at all, particularly when it comes to annuities and taxes. The attached article is an example of incomplete sales talk; the salesman leaves out the most important component of sound retirement planning: tax deferral. […]

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Whistleblower Awards Higher Than Ever IRS Whistleblower Awards We can all agree that an increase in whistleblower awards is good where wrongdoing is exposed and prosecuted. This is especially true in the tax arena; it means that citizens are doing their job and reporting cases—good cases—to […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER In November of 2012 congress unanimously approved the passage of the whistleblowers could not protect themselves against associated retaliation by employers because of loopholes by the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.  By passing the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, congress acknowledged that bad administrative and court rulings had undermined […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Exposing an organization’s misconduct or illegal activities requires courage. Employees who risk their professional careers by coming forward to report and help remedy illegal conduct are referred to as “whistleblowers.” After reporting the misconduct to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), whistleblowers often finds themselves patiently waiting for a […]

–ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER- An IRS or tax fraud whistleblower is a person who tells the public about alleged illegal activities or misconduct in a government department or private company including those that commit tax fraud.  If you are a whistleblower for tax fraud or other types of fraud where the government […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Recently the New York Times filed a motion to disclose court documents that confirm Mitt Romney’s former firm Bain Capital colluded with its competitors in fixing the acquisition prices of multi-billion dollar companies such as the hospital giant HCA.  In this Federal District Court class-action shareholders suit filed […]