Under IRS rules, any settlement you obtain from your whistleblower process should be reported on Form 1099 as taxable income. The amount could be subject to state and local taxes as well.

The IRS paid whistleblowers 121 awards totaling $88.8 million in 2023—those amounts correspond to information that resulted tax collections of $338 million.

An ex-banker and convicted tax cheat who told the IRS how his employer, UBS, helped thousands of wealthy clients duck U.S. taxes has just been awarded $104 million by the U.S. government, a sum ...

The IRS Whistleblower Office has released its first multiyear operating plan outlining principles, priorities, achievements and initiatives for "excellent service" to whistleblowers.