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Surgent's Understanding How the IRS Rewards Whistleblowers

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$99.00 Regular Registration
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This course is being offered on multiple dates, listed below. Click the Register button next to your preferred date to register.
 Fri, 06/27/2025 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
 Fri, 09/26/2025 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
 Thu, 10/23/2025 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
 Wed, 02/11/2026 from 9:00 am to 11:00 am
 Mon, 03/30/2026 from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
 Currently available
Designed For:

Accounting and Finance Professionals who need to understand various whistleblower programs under federal law

Prerequisite:

Experience with individual and business clients

In 2006, Congress passed the Tax Relief and Health Care Act. Prior to the Act's passage, rewards to individuals who provided information to the IRS regarding tax fraud were capped at $10 million. The Tax Relief and Health Care Act authorized the IRS to create a Whistleblower Office dedicated to investigating, processing and recovering claims concerning the underpayment of taxes. Under the IRS' new program, whistleblowers may recover 15 to 30 percent of the amount collected provided the taxes and amounts in dispute exceed $2 million. If the whistleblower's claim does not meet these criteria, the IRS may still consider granting an award under its pre-2006 Tax Relief Act discretionary authority. Given the rapid growth of this program, practitioners should have a basic understanding of the procedure and content for IRS Whistleblower claims, both from the perspective of a claimant's potential to recover and a taxpayer's exposure to liability.

Delivery Method: Individual webcast
CPE Credit: Taxes
Program Level: Overview

This course is being offered by a 3rd party vendor and will not be accessible on your My CPE page. Webinar access information will be emailed directly to you by Surgent McCoy.

Objectives

  • Understand how to submit a good whistleblower claim that satisfies IRS criteria
  • Understand the process by which the IRS reviews and pursues whistleblower claims
  • Learn about large recoveries by IRS whistleblowers
  • Understand non-IRS whistleblower claim programs including claims arising under the False Claims Act, Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank

Speakers

Advanced Preparation

None

Vendor

The Virginia Society of CPAs (VSCPA) is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: NASBARegistry.org.

For more information regarding refund, complaint, program cancellation or other policies, visit our Registration Policies page or call (800) 733-8272.