The IRS recently released its annual report to Congress on the Whistleblower Program, which awarded over $312 million to whistleblowers and collected $1.4 billion in FY 2018. Awards in this period represent 21.7% of total proceeds collected based on whistleblower claims, a significant increase of nearly 4 percentage points as compared to FY 2017. The IRS generally waits at least 8 years before issuing awards to ensure a final determination of proceeds can be made first.