IRS Whistleblower Office
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The IRS Whistleblower Office administers a federal program rewarding individuals who report tax law violations with monetary awards of 15-30% of collected proceeds. The program leverages insider knowledge to enforce tax compliance and reduce the tax gap, recognizing that regulators cannot independently detect all violations.
Key Points
- •Awards range from 15-30% of collected proceeds attributable to the whistleblower's information.
- •Program requires reports to be specific, timely, and credible to qualify for awards.
- •Designed to supplement IRS enforcement capacity by leveraging firsthand knowledge of non-compliance.
- •Supports voluntary tax compliance and aims to reduce the overall tax gap.
- •Represents a government mechanism for incentivizing insider reporting of regulatory violations.
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