Securities and tax
Reports to the SEC and the IRS
Both agencies run programs that can pay an award to a person whose original information leads to a recovery. Neither pays everyone, and neither is quick.
A report is more than a letter. It has to be first-hand, specific and in the form the agency expects. I prepare it, file it for you and stay between you and the agency afterward.
What these reports concern
Revenue that was booked early, or not at all
Offering documents that left out what investors needed
Trading on information that was not public
Large-scale underreporting by a business or an individual
Two agencies, two ways in
The SEC
A lawyer can submit a tip for you, which can keep your name off the form while the agency reviews it. I explain what that does and does not protect.
The IRS
The IRS has its own office, its own form and its own timetable. Before anything is filed, I tell you what it asks of you and how it treats your identity.
What both agencies want
Know it first-hand, say it precisely
From what you saw yourself
Information the agency does not already have, from your own knowledge and not from rumor or the press.
Specific enough to act on
Who, what, roughly when and where it is recorded. I help you set that out, and leave out what you cannot support.
Before someone else files
These programs reward the first good report, so a long wait can cost you. That is a reason to talk, not to rush.
Keep it to one lawyer for now.
Tell me what you know in a few lines. I will say whether the SEC, the IRS or neither is the right door.
Contingency fee: no fee unless there is a recovery. Case costs are explained in writing before you sign.