Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about tax policy and how it affects business. There has been good news on a number of fronts for tax whistleblowers – with ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The IRS whistleblower program has awarded three whistleblowers the maximum 30% reward in the amount of $79 million for helping shut down a longstanding tax scheme. It is ...

The DOJ’s new Whistleblower Rewards Program, launched in 2025 with USPS, offers cash rewards (15-30%) for reporting antitrust crimes affecting the postal service. It aims to incentivize insiders to ...

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 18: The Department of Justice (DOJ) building on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) In August the Justice ...

Awards have the potential to be significant. Whistleblowers with qualifying information are eligible to receive at least 15%—and up to 30%—of the recovered criminal fine, depending on various factors ...

On July 8, 2025, the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (“Antitrust Division”) announced that it is creating the Antitrust Whistleblower Rewards Program (the “Whistleblower Program”) in ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday debuted its first-ever whistleblower program offering monetary awards to tipsters who report certain types of corporate misconduct, an ...

The Internal Revenue Service's whistleblower program remains robust but could use help from Capitol Hill to stay that way. Processing Content According to the office's 2023 report, in fiscal year 2023 ...

Is it an exercise in unwarranted optimism or do they think it’ll really work? No one from the U.S. Attorney’s office in New Jersey would talk with me about it, so the only information I have is their ...

Government agencies have been launching and testing whistleblower programs for some time and have been delighted by their results. Tippers have benefited, too—with some amassing multimillion-dollar ...

Florida attorneys help whistleblower secure nearly $20 million SEC award for exposing alleged securities manipulation scheme.

The office of Berkeley City Auditor Jenny Wong released the first-ever Whistleblower Program Annual Report for the 2025 calendar year June 10, summarizing how the program has processed and closed 41 ...