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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On Jan. 13, 2021, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the False Claims Amendment Act,[1] which expanded liability under the Washington, D.C., False Claims Act, or FCA, to encompass tax-related claims. The amendment is effective unless Congress jointly disapproves it during a 30-day review period currently underway.[2] It enables the D.C. attorney general to bring a new category of D.C. FCA cases and incentivizes private citizen whistleblowers to file more qui tam complaints. D.C. now joins New York and Illinois in taking...

District of Columbia False Claims Act Expanded to Tax Claims Wednesday, March 10, 2021 On January 13, 2021, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the False Claims Amendment Act of 2020 (the “Amendment”), 1 which expanded liability under the D.C. False Claims Act (“D.C. FCA”) to include tax-related claims. Such tax-related claims include false tax returns that understate tax liability or seek a tax refund. 2 The Amendment is subject to the Congressional 30-day review period, currently underway, and is expected to go in effect in March 2021. 3 The Amendment aims t...