IRS Whistleblower Awards in 2019
14th January 2020

The IRS made 181 awards to whistleblowers totaling more than $120 million with total recoveries of over $616 million.

There was also a decrease in the total number of awards from FY 2018 to FY 2019 where awards dropped from 217 to 181, while conversely, the number of claims related to awards rose from 423 to 510 in FY 2019.