IRS: If you know a tax cheater, turn them in

6:29 PM, Sep 6, 2011   |    comments
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WASHINGTON - The IRS is offering money to anyone willing to turn in tax cheaters.

The internal revenue service is offering a cut on the proceeds, and the more the IRS gets from that lawbreaker, the more you pocket.

There are two IRS whistleblower programs.

  • The small awards program pays up to 15 percent on cases involving less than $2 million
  • The large one will net the whistleblower 30 percent on more than $2 million

But there's no protection from retaliation, and the earnings are taxable.

For more information go here, http://www.irs.gov/compliance/article/0,,id=180171,00.html.

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