Whistleblower attorneys Dean Zerbe and Stephen M. Kohn, members of the Tax Whistleblower Attorney Group (“TWAG”), are pleased to announce that a joint client – who wishes to remain anonymous – received an IRS whistleblower award of $11.9 million.
The whistleblower provided the IRS with original information that led to an IRS enforcement action against a Fortune 500 company. Thanks to the whistleblower, the IRS recovered tax, penalties and interest of $55 million that was returned to the U.S. Treasury.
“Stephen and I are honored to represent the whistleblower, whose extraordinary knowledge and detailed awareness of the relevant tax laws was critical in the success of this submission” said Dean Zerbe of the law firm of Zerbe, Miller, Fingeret, Frank & Jadav. “The whistleblower was exactly over-the-plate of what the IRS is looking for when it comes to a good whistleblower submission – a knowledgeable, informed, insider with detailed awareness about specific failures to pay tax. The whistleblower was able to provide a blueprint to the IRS about specific instances where the company failed to properly pay tax. Finally, the whistleblower's information was about failure to pay tax by the corporation that involved open tax years.”
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