What the UBS whistleblower payout means for corporate taxpayers

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What the UBS whistleblower payout means for corporate taxpayers

Joe Dalton
September 12 2012
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US taxpayers need to take a fresh look at their internal compliance processes if they want to deal with a likely surge in tax whistleblowers, following a highly publicised $104 million IRS payout to ex-UBS employee Bradley Birkenfeld.

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