he IRS Whistleblower Program is a program in the United States that encourages individuals to report information about tax fraud and other violations of the internal revenue laws. The program allows individuals who provide information that leads to the recovery of unpaid taxes to receive a financial reward.
Under the program, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) may pay an award to individuals who provide information about taxpayers who fail to comply with their tax obligations, including the underreporting of income, failure to pay taxes, or other fraudulent activity. The program applies to both individual taxpayers and businesses.
The amount of the award that an individual can receive is based on a percentage of the amount recovered by the IRS as a result of the information provided. If the taxes, penalties, interest, and other amounts in dispute exceed $2 million, and a few other qualifications are met, the whistleblower can receive an award of between 15% and 30% of the total amount collected by the IRS.
The program is designed to encourage individuals who have inside knowledge of tax fraud to come forward and report it. The IRS takes the confidentiality of whistleblowers seriously and provides protections for whistleblowers against retaliation by their employers.
It allows individuals to submit information anonymously, although it may be more difficult for the IRS to communicate with anonymous...
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