The IRS awarded $312,207,590 to people who reported tax cheats last year.
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The IRS awarded $312,207,590 to people who reported tax cheats in 2018.
This amount exceeded the previous record, set in 2012, by a factor of 2.5.
Source: Harper's Index July 2019; Internal Revenue Service.