The IRS Whistleblower Program and the Potential for Additional Recovery Under the False Claims Act
By Anthony Diosdi Let’s suppose that John has been a tax attorney at a law firm owned by Bob for the last 25 years. Bob has enjoyed a reputation for being a very successful tax attorney in Miami, Florida for many years. Everything was going nicely until John noticed that Bob was cheating on his own tax returns to fund his lavish lifestyle. To make matters worse, in order to increase business, Bob demanded that John file frivolous refund claims on behalf of the firm’s clients with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”). It turns out that Bob had been filing fraudulent refund claims on behalf of clients for years. John declined to take any part in the filing of frivolous refund claims with the IRS. This resulted in his discharge…