A whistleblower who gave the IRS information to recover unpaid tax from a Fortune 500 company was awarded $11.9 million , attorneys representing the person said.
The whistleblower was a “knowledgeable, informed, insider with detailed awareness about specific failures to pay tax,” Dean Zerbe of the Tax Whistleblower Attorney Group, who represented the person, said in a Tuesday news release. The whistleblower wants to stay anonymous, according to the release.
The whistleblower provided the IRS details on how the company didn’t properly pay taxes for open tax years, Zerbe said. The information from the whistleblower assisted the IRS in ...
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