If you receive a phone call from the so-called IRS be diligent, remain conscious of potential phishing emails, always refuse to give credit or debit card numbers over the phone, and check credentials. Do this and you can decrease your odds of falling victim to such tax scams or IRS fraud...
IRS Says Cost of Tax Scams Is Getting Higher.Reports on the estimation made by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service on the cost of offshore tax-avoidance by individuals to the government.Wall Street Journal - Eastern EditionDoorenJennifer
How Do the IRS and State Agencies Fight Email Tax Scams? The IRS and the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) work with the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) and various Internet service providers and international CERT teams to have the phishing sites taken...
IRS implements filing season changes to detect tax scams and return fraud Wednesday, January 29, 2025 Photo by Nataliya Vaitkevich Beating identity thieves to the punch is one reason to file your tax return as soon as you can. Getting your legitimate Form 1040 to the Internal Revenue Service...
As in past years, the IRS also urges filers to guard against tax scams, stating that bad actors proliferate during filing season, making false promises of tax help or fake threats to get people to pay penalties they don’t owe. Filers can visit IRS.gov and search “scams” for the la...
Social media scams have been using COVID-19 to trick people, according to the IRS, but they have also led to tax-related identity theft. These scammers infiltrate victims’ emails and cell phones and go after friends and family with text messages that link to things like fake charities. ...
Scams and Fraud IRS tax forms W-9 email scam drops Emotet malware Researchers have warned users to be on alert, as the IRS never sends emails to confirm taxpayers’ personal information. byWaqas March 30, 2023 Hacking News Security Network access to Pakistan’s top fed agency FBR sold on ...
Early this year, the US Treasury officewarned taxpayersof related scams. Treasury Inspector General for Taxpayer Administration (TIGTA) J. Russell George urged payers to be on "high alert" for fraud, saying, “If someone unexpectedly calls claiming to be from the IRS ...
Taxpayers should also be aware of other unrelated scams (such as a lottery sweepstakes winner) and solicitations (such as debt relief) that fraudulently claim to be from the IRS. You can read more about identified tax scams at the IRS website,www.irs.gov....
This type of tax fraud is something you need to watch out for. Be alert if the IRS gets in touch with you about records indicating you got income or wages from employers you did not work for. If your tax professional says, you owe additional refund offsets and an additional charge for...