Are you interested in becoming a State Tax Fraud Whistleblower for sales tax, use tax and telecommunications tax evasion?
Do you know a business that is knowingly not collecting, reporting and paying the correct amount of sales taxes, use taxes, telecommunication taxes, income taxes or other state and local taxes in one of the following states: New York, Illinois, Indiana, Delaware, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Rhode Island? Do you want to report that to the state attorney general and department of taxation, revenue, or finance by filing a qui tam lawsuit under the state’s false claims act? Do you want to receive a whistleblower award of between 15% and 30% of any monies recovered as a result of your information? If so, then you should immediately contact an experienced whistleblower lawyer.
Here are some types of conduct you should be looking for if you think you want to report and pursue a qui tam false claims act case as a State Tax Fraud Whistleblower:
Not collecting and remitting sales taxes for internet, trade show, retail store, “brick and motor” or in person purchases and sales
Shipping expensive items or luxury goods to out of state post-office boxes, Federal Express and UPS locations or home addresses where the purchaser does not reside
Setting up billing, accounting, and invoicing systems so that required taxes, such as, those for telecommunication communication sales and services, are not being charged to customers
Using expensive items in one state that were delivered to, or falsely appeared to have been purchased for use, in a different state
Mischaracterizing the status of the purchasers, for example, saying they are dealers or resellers of goods when they are not
You should be aware that there are often minimum threshold limits that have to be satisfied in order to bring sales tax and similar state tax false claims act suits as a State Tax Fraud Whistleblower. For example, in New York, the targeted business must have had annual revenues of more $1 million dollars in one of the relevant taxable years and the business’ misconduct must have caused an aggregated of at least $350,000 in tax-related damages.
It is also essential in most cases to have documents to prove your allegations and you will need some proof that the targeted business was knowingly evading the state or local tax, as opposed to making an honest mistake or good faith error or judgment.
But if these requirements are met, and you want to pursue the matter further, you should promptly consult with a seasoned qui tam whistleblower attorney who is familiar with state tax false claims matters.
