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There should be a "bug bounty" program for taxes. If you identify a loophole or scam which was costing the government $100 million you get $1 million.
by MarkMc 8y ago
There should be a "bug bounty" program for taxes. If you identify a loophole or scam which was costing the government $100 million you get $1 million.
- asah 8y agoExists for the US: https://www.google.com/search?q=irs+whistleblower+reward https://www.google.com/search?q=irs+whistleblower+reward
- jedberg 8y agoThat's for reporting someone who is actually exploiting the loophole. I think OP is proposing a bounty for finding and reporting loopholes before anyone takes advantage of them. In other words, make it more profitable to tell the government what to look for instead of taking advantage of it yourself.
- MarkMc 8y agoYes exactly. It would be like Facebook only paying a bug bounty if you can identify the hacker who breached their security.
- liftbigweights 8y agoLoopholes are legal. Why would anyone take the $1 million rather than exploit it for $100 million?
- MarkMc 8y agoNot everyone is in a position to take advantage of every loophole.