Whistleblowers netted €1.5 million in unpaid taxes for Revenue last year, new figures show.
Public bodies, including the Revenue Commissioners, are subject to the Protected Disclosures Act 2014, that shields workers who report suspected wrongdoing by their employers.
Revenue said on Tuesday that such reports “yielded over €1.5 million in additional taxes and/or duties for the exchequer in 2025″.
They also resulted in prosecutions, new registrations by businesses liable to pay tax and arrangements to pay debts to the Revenue.
Whistleblower reports to the Revenue almost doubled last year to 1,743 from 930 in 2024, says the tax authority’s yearly report on protected disclosures. Of these, it decided that 241 met the criteria…