Two whistleblowers who provided the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with original information about tax violations were issued a $8.8 million award from the agency, the whistleblower law firm Zerbe, Miller, Fingeret, Frank, Jadav & Hunziker LLP (ZMF Law) announced on September 8.
The whistleblowers’ information allowed the IRS to collect approximately $35 million. The IRS originally granted the whistleblowers a much smaller award but increased the amount following an appeal.
“My clients and I are extremely heartened that the IRS revisited its decision and more than tripled the award for these two whistleblowers after we made an appeal. It is very gratifying that the IRS looked closely and considered our legal arguments – and ultimately sided with the whistleblowers,” said Dean Zerbe, a partner at ZMF Law who represents the two whistleblowers.
Through the IRS Whistleblower Program, qualified whistleblowers, individuals who voluntarily provide the agency with original information about large scale tax violations, are entitled to monetary awards of 15-30% of the funds recovered by the government.
Steven Miller, former acting Commissioner of the IRS and partner at ZMF Law, states that the award “is particularly interesting given that the whistleblowers provided information to the IRS about significant tax evasion by a specific company – based on the whistleblower’s informed knowledge of the company and industry, as well as analyzing a wide range of public documents. The...
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