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If you know of wrongdoing or fraud by your employer or other entity, you can take steps to stop it. Learn what you can do with that information and decide if becoming a whistleblower is right for you....

A recent US Tax Court opinion that adopted a broad definition of what counts as “collected proceeds” in a case — a key factor in determining IRS whistleblower rewards — will be a major...

UPDATE: The Taxpayer Protection Act of 2016 was enacted and includes anti-retaliation protection for tax whistleblowers and requirements for improved communication between the IRS and whistleblowers. April...

The IRS Whistleblower Office released its 2015 report to Congress this week, which showed that the whistleblower program remains in need of critical changes. A drop of 17 percent in the number of whistleblower...

Swiss Bank Julius Baer agreed to pay a $547 million fine for helping U.S. taxpayers hide billions of dollars in offshore accounts, the Department of Justice announced Thursday. At the peak of the scheme...

Yet another report has come out detailing the failures of the IRS Whistleblower program, this time coming from a unit within the IRS itself. The National Taxpayer Advocate, an independent organization...

In recent years, traditional financial institutions such as HSBC and BNP Paribas have been subject to multi-billion dollar fines for allegedly violating money-laundering standards. Now the US Treasury...

Chartwells settled a whistleblower lawsuit involving management of school meal programs in Washington, DC, for $19.4 million in June 2015. Below are the whistleblower complaint, settlement agreement, other...

GPs should take seriously the threat of whistleblower action on any questionable practices, writes Phillips & Cohen partner Stephen Hasegawa in “Private Funds Management.” PUBLISHED: 06...

WASHINGTON, DC – The Internal Revenue Service has made a whistleblower reward to a client of Phillips & Cohen totaling nearly $20 million for whistleblower claims that exposed a number of abusive...