After lots of hemming and hawing, Democrats finally got their huge boost in IRS funding in the so-called Inflation Reduction Act in August 2022. This $80 billion boost over ten years was supposed to help to “close the tax gap” by improving IRS enforcement to collect money taxpayers owed ...
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Taxpayers who believe they have a pending refund can check on its status at "Where’s My Refund?" on IRS.gov. The agency said people who receive this phishing scam should not click on the link in the email, and instead should report it to the IRS. "For security reasons, save the...
and impersonating the IRS remains a favorite tactic,” said IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel. “People can be anxious to get the latest information about their refund or other tax issues, so scammers frequently try using the IRS as a way to trick people. The IRS urges...
collects a refund check from the IRS. It's so simple, you would think it would never work, but it does. It's been around since 2008, and you'd think the IRS would have come up with a way to stop it, it hasn't. Instead the scam has gone viral, tripling in the past three ...
Be suspicious if the letter asks for money. A letter asking you to make out a check to the IRS is a scam; a real payment to the IRS must be made out to “United States Treasury.”3334 Scammers will instruct you to send payment immediately and dispute it later, even if you disagree...
The Internal Revenue Service is raising alarm over a brand new tax refund scam designed to steal your sensitive information.
Scammers may contact you through your cellphone or landline telephone number. These can be IRS impersonations claiming to require payment of debt, but there are many other scam phone callers. Scammers may take on various roles either over the phone or via email. ...
“Promoters are pushing the accelerator on bad Fuel Tax Credit claims and driving honest taxpayers to a bad choice,” said IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel. “These promoters frequently charge a large fee to the taxpayer to make these false claims. While the scammers dr...
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