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When A Shareholder Loses Control of Their S Corporation

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If given their druthers, most transactional corporate attorneys would prefer to spend their day practicing “happy law,” by which they typically mean transactions that involve capital formation, mergers and acquisitions, joint...more

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Whistleblower Awards Keep Adding New Compliance Pressures

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Whistleblower awards from regulatory agencies seldom make news in corporate compliance circles anymore, but two recent items from the world of whistleblower awards do deserve compliance officers’ attention. They’re a reminder...more

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Rewarding Whistleblowers Will Only be Effective as Part of a Wider Package of Reforms

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Serious Fraud Office (SFO) Director Nick Ephgrave has consistently touted the benefits of offering financial rewards to whistleblowers. With the FCA also considering its position on financial incentivisation, and a supportive...more

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Creating an Army of In-House Investigators

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In its never-ending war on corporate fraud, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has just commissioned a private army to fight as never before. On August 1, the DOJ launched a three-year program to provide financial rewards to...more

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Supreme Court Vacates and Remands IRS Tax Whistleblower Case Following Reversal of Chevron

The end of the Chevron deference is already impacting whistleblower award cases. The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) recently reversed and remanded an appeals court decision in an IRS whistleblower case where a...more

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Is Tax Whistleblowing Making A Comeback?

Takeaways: •The IRS is modernizing its somewhat anemic whistleblower program. •IRS whistleblower awards are finally rebounding. •The IRS is aggressively targeting high-net-worth taxpayers and large corporations. ...more

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IRS/Tax Whistleblower Guide

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Anyone who has obtained evidence that a person or company is committing tax fraud or evasion can become a whistleblower by reporting it to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Due to the volume of reports that the agency...more

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IRS Heeds Call to Investigate Misuse of Puerto Rican Residency Tax Benefits

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Prompted by congressional scrutiny of the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) efforts to root out those abusing lucrative Puerto Rico tax benefits, the agency has committed to devoting more resources to audits of those taking...more

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Tax Authorities of the World Unite? Not Quite, But the IRS Joins the Movement to Tax the Rich

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Earlier this year, the OECD observed there has been a significant increase in global wealth inequality over the last two decades. It also acknowledged that “taxation is a key instrument . . . that governments have at their...more

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Department of Justice Announces Groundbreaking Whistleblower Program in its Ongoing Effort to Incentivize Voluntary Self...

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Department of Justice (DOJ) Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced that the DOJ is adopting a whistleblower incentive program today at the American Bar Association’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime. In...more

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The Broader Significance of the DOJ Whistleblower Rewards Program

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) signaled it will soon join the list of government agencies to have implemented a whistleblower rewards program, putting further pressure on companies to have in place an effective compliance...more

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DOJ Announces Launch of New “Gap-Filling” Whistleblower Program

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On March 7, 2024, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco delivered the keynote remarks at the American Bar Association’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime. In her address, she announced a new, nationwide...more

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DOJ Official Cites Old West ‘WANTED’ Posters in Announcement of New Whistleblower Monetary Awards Program

On March 7, 2024, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) will test out a program to pay whistleblowers if they provide information on serious financial crimes and foreign and...more

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The Race to Report: DOJ Announces Pilot Whistleblower Program

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In recent years, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has rolled out a significant and increasing number of carrots and sticks aimed at deterring and punishing white collar crime. Speaking at the American Bar Association White...more

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Announcement of new DOJ Whistleblower Policy

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On March 7, 2024, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced a new 90-day pilot program at the Department of Justice (DOJ) to incentivize whistleblowers. The program is inspired by and generally follows similar programs...more

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US Department of Justice Announces Sprint Towards New Whistleblower Reward Program

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On March 7, 2024, the Deputy Attorney General of the US Department of Justice (“DOJ” or “Department”) announced a pilot program to encourage whistleblowers to report evidence of high-priority white collar crimes with the...more

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Employers Beware: Broad Confidentiality and Severance Clauses May Violate Whistleblower Protection Laws

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Employers should check their confidentiality and severance agreements for a common oversight that, for some, is becoming a costly error. Recent enforcement activity by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Rule...more

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Tax Compliance: Self-Assessment, Transparency, and Enforcement

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NY’s Almost There- Back in June of this year, New York’s legislature passed a bill that, if enacted, would create the first state-level public database with information regarding the ownership of limited liability...more

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Weekly IRS Roundup January 9 – January 13, 2023

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Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of January 9, 2023 – January 13, 2023...more

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IRS Whistleblower Program – Exposing Tax Law Violations

The IRS Whistleblower Program helps boost the “fair and effective enforcement of our nation’s tax laws and the success of our voluntary tax system.” The IRS Whistleblower Program is dependent on people who become aware of tax...more

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Treasury Issues Proposed Regulations on IRS Appeals Procedures

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Taxpayers routinely resolve their tax controversy matters without resort to litigation.  Indeed, good tax professionals will often seek to avoid costly and time-consuming litigation, if possible, by utilizing various...more

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SEC Adopts Amendments to Whistleblower Program Rules

On August 26, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it had adopted two amendments to its whistleblower program rules proposed earlier this year (see our post here). The first amendment allows...more

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Politically-Motivated Criminal Cases Based on Perjured Testimony Really DO Happen! Even if You Work for the IRS

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Today’s news media is full of stories about supposed malicious allegations, unfounded criminal investigations and indictments based on perjury. Regardless of our political leanings, all of us should hope that such things...more

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Tax Court in Brief | Whistleblower 769-16W v. Comm’r | Can the Tax Court divest itself of jurisdiction over a whistleblower...

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Tax Litigation:  The Week of August 1st, 2022, through August 5th, 2022 Eze v. Comm’r, T.C. Memo. 2022-83 | August 4, 2022 | Lauber, J. | Dkt. No. 21425-19...more

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Filing an IRS Whistleblower Claim – Insight from Director Hinman

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The Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 established the Whistleblower Office of the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”). According to the IRS, the Whistleblower Office is responsible for assessing and analyzing incoming tips...more

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