The director of the IRS Whistleblower Office (the Office) released the Office’s first multi-year operating plan outlining its guiding principles, strategic priorities, achievements, and efforts ...

The IRS whistleblower program was strengthened by Congress in 2006 to focus on high-earning tax dodgers, guaranteeing awards for whistleblowers whose information leads to collections of at least ...

A government watchdog Wednesday said the Internal Revenue Service's program to prevent tax fraud led to $65 billion in under-reported income in 2008, but the program is still marred by deficiencies.

The IRS Whistleblower Program was established to encourage individuals to report severe cases of tax evasion or fraud related to federal taxes.

In its annual report on the whistleblower program, the IRS said it collected $48 million from scofflaws under the program last year and handed out $8 million in awards.

Getnick added, “Together we have demonstrated that when the IRS Whistleblower Program functions as a public-private partnership embracing mutually supportive cooperation, it can produce a win ...

The IRS whistleblower office gathers information from people who want to alert the tax-collecting agency about tax misconduct. Whistleblowers can get monetary rewards under the IRS program, which ...

The IRS Whistleblower Program, modernized in 2006 by Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), incentivizes whistleblowers to come forward with information concerning tax evasion by offering a mandatory ...