Tax cheating
A tip to the IRS, written so the agency can use it
The IRS Whistleblower Office pays awards to people who report that someone else is underpaying tax, when the IRS collects as a result. The law sets the percentage and the thresholds. The process is slow, the IRS shares little while it works, and an award is never promised.
A tip goes in on a specific IRS form, and what it says decides whether anyone reads on. Emrys Varnadoe reads the returns and the books with me before a word is sent.
The IRS decides whether to act
Awards are set by law and paid only after tax is collected
Updates from the agency are limited
Where it shows up
What tax cheating can look like from the inside
Cash businesses
Sales that never reach the books, or two sets of records.
Hidden accounts
Income held abroad or in names that are not the owner’s.
Payroll taxes
Wages paid in cash, workers called contractors, tax withheld and kept.
Inflated deductions
Personal costs run through the business, or expenses that never happened.
Know where the money went?
A short message is enough to start. I answer from a private line.