“(Reuters) – Taking on corporate giants can feel like tilting at windmills, but John Kopchinski’s six-year legal battle against Pfizer Inc just made him a rich man. The Gulf War veteran and former Pfizer sales representative will earn more than $51.5 million as a result of his whistleblower lawsuit against the world’s biggest drugmaker and…
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IRS Stingy With Whistleblower Payouts, Slow to Follow Up on Tips
“The IRS took more than four years to reward a whistleblower through a new program to encourage tipsters and has drawn criticism from the Government Accountability Office for failing to move faster. A recent GAO study found that the program, which has attracted tips from more than 1,300 whistleblowers, doesn’t collect data that could speed…
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We represent individuals and companies that are under audit or examination by the IRS or state tax authorities. We currently assist businesses and individuals ranging from small businesses to Fortune 1000 companies. We also serve as counsel for taxpayers in litigation before the Tax Court as well as Federal District Court and Appeals. Our clients…
NWC Releases Letter to IRS on Whistleblower Program
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, D.C. September 6, 2012 – Today, the National Whistleblowers Center released a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Douglas Shulman concerning changes necessary to make the whistleblower program effective. The NWC letter addresses a key part of the IRS whistleblower statute that potentially limits the award provided to a whistleblower…
IRS Signals Willingness to Revise Whistleblower Program
” The Internal Revenue Service may be signaling a willingness to consider changes to its whistleblower program, following complaints that the program is stifling the initiative of informants around a kingpin who may have information about tax evasion. The National Whistleblowers Center released a letter Sept. 6 to IRS recommending changes to a key part…
