A whistleblower urged the US Supreme Court to review whether he is entitled to an award for his tip to the IRS, and whether an appellate court gave the IRS too much latitude when deciding he was not.
Whistleblower Michael Lissack submitted information to the IRS he thought showed a condominium development group evaded taxes through its treatment of golf-club-membership deposits, according to an opinion by the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The IRS deemed the information sufficiently specific and credible to warrant opening an examination, but concluded the deposits were correctly reported.
According to the D.C. ...
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