{"id":1168,"date":"2007-01-22T07:18:34","date_gmt":"2007-01-22T07:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com\/2007\/01\/will_tax_reward_reforms_produc.html"},"modified":"2021-06-11T17:57:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T21:57:21","slug":"will_tax_reward_reforms_produc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/whistleblower-blog\/will_tax_reward_reforms_produc\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Whistleblower Tax Reforms Produce Results?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Federal False Claims Act has been recognized as the government’s most effective tool for combating fraud and waste in government programs. According to the Justice Department, false claims act recoveries for the fiscal year 2006 exceeded 3 billion dollars. Unfortunately, the whistleblower reward program utilized by the Internal Revenue Service can hardly be characterized as being so successful. Since new IRS reward reform measures were enacted by Congress, we have been giving thought to the crucial question of whether the IRS will be successful in implementing its new informant reward program. Statistics available from the IRS are hardly encouraging. Between fiscal year 2001 and 2005, a paltry $27.3 million was paid by the Internal Revenue Service to informants as rewards. The average individual reward was around $24,000.00. When we compare this to the results achieved under the Federal False Claims Act, obviously, the disparity in results is staggering which is probably why it is that Congress recently acted to encourage the Internal Revenue Service to reform its whistleblower program. The real question is whether the Internal Revenue Service is up to the job and whether it will learn lessons from the success of its other federal agencies in combating taxpayer fraud and abuse.
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The Federal False Claims Act has been recognized as the government’s most effective tool for combating fraud and waste in government programs. According to the Justice Department, false claims act recoveries for the fiscal year 2006 exceeded 3 billion dollars. 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