The compensation is lower.
We also now see that including the received amounts in the revenue raises some questions. As my colleague pointed out—and I fully agree—the informant will benefit from no protection under the proposed provisions. The extent of the protection for that person's anonymity is far from being clear. They will also have to include in their income tax return the amounts they received from the agency. Consequently, should any legal action be taken later on against that individual for having provided information—either because the information was obtained illegally or for other reasons—they could always be forced, as a witness, to provide their income tax returns. At that point, it could be noted that they did indeed receive the money. So the notion of anonymity is far from being clear.