Some tax advisers predict a kind of feeding frenzy could occur after the office pays out its first award. Any firm involved in winning the first award is likely to publicize the victory, drawing in other informants.
"It used to be the IRS and the taxpayer, and now we have this third party," says Blair. "That changes everything."
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