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whistleblower

a person, usually an employee, who reveals information, which he is contractually obliged to keep secret, because of an overriding public interest. The principle was recently introduced into the UK by the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998, which has, for example, resulted in an accountant who was dismissed for exposing financial irregularities of his manager to the company headquarters in the USA being awarded not that much short of £300,000.
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This Note argues that the Fifth Circuit's holding should be disregarded and the definition of a whistleblower should be expanded to include those who report potential securities laws violations internally, in addition to those who report directly to the SEC.
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The IRS has argued in court documents that because the whistleblower law deals only with tax matters, for the purpose of calculating rewards, the amount available to be shared, known as collected proceeds, only refers to taxes it would have foregone without a whistleblowers help.
United States : U.S. Senate Tax Plan Includes Gift for Whistleblowers
Fiscal year 2016 was a catch-up year for the IRS Whistleblower Program as it closed 21,124 claim cases, a 99% increase from the previous year.
Whistleblower awards increase: Whistleblower reporting of illegal acts is key to effective law enforcement

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