Category: IRS Fraud

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Internal Revenue Service Rewards Whistleblowers Whistleblower Award Base Increases Foreign Bank Account Reporting Requirements Tax season is here, the government has re-opened, and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is back to business. IRS business includes catching tax fraud and whistleblowers play a major role in enforcement and receive […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Internal Revenue Service Rewards Whistleblowers Offshore Tax Avoidance Schemes Targeted The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rewards people who provide credible information to the IRS regarding tax scams including tax avoidance through the use of offshore accounts and companies. The IRS aggressively pursues taxpayers who use offshore tax avoidance […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Internal Revenue Service Rewards Whistleblowers Offshore Tax Avoidance Schemes Targeted The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rewards people who provide specific and credible information to the IRS regarding tax scams. The IRS of course chases lots of different tax frauds but in particular aggressively pursues taxpayers who use offshore […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Internal Revenue Service Rewards Whistleblowers Whistleblowers Aid Enforcement The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rewards people who provide specific and credible information to the IRS regarding tax scams. Last year the IRS awarded close to $40 million to 242 whistleblowers.  The rewards are big if you have original, creditable […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Internal Revenue Service Issues 2018 “Dirty Dozen” Tax Scams Whistleblowers Aid Enforcement And Get Rewards The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rewards people who provide specific and credible information to the IRS regarding tax scams. Each year the IRS announces its “Dirty Dozen” tax scams[1] to be targeted for […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Internal Revenue Service Whistleblower Process and Awards Millions Paid In Awards The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rewards people who provide specific and credible information to the IRS of offshore tax avoidance and other tax fraud schemes when the information leads to recovery of unpaid taxes. Last year, the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Bipartisan Budget Act Enhances Whistleblower Awards The recently enacted Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 includes two important provisions favoring whistleblower awards in tax avoidance whistleblower cases, False Claims Act cases, and securities fraud whistleblower cases. The San Francisco County and California whistleblower/qui tam attorneys at Evans Law Firm […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Whistleblower Retaliation Case Before Supreme Court What is the Scope of Protection Against Retaliation? At the end of November, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Digital Realty vs. Somers, a whistleblower case involving securities fraud. The case demonstrates the complexity of whistleblower cases and questions […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caterpillar’s Massive Tax Avoidance Headache The Story Of A Determined Whistleblower The largest Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whistleblower case of all time has been going on for years against one of the best known names in American industry – Caterpillar. The Evans Law Firm is not involved in […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER IRS Whistleblower Reveals Hedge Fund Tax Fraud Massive Tax Fraud and Multiple False Claims Tax fraud ranges from cheating on a 1040 to massive tax avoidance schemes, often offshore, amounting to the tens of millions. One whistleblower (also known as a “relator” under some statutes) has blown the […]