Whether it's phishing, identity theft, or hidden fees, tax season can bring out the scammers in full force. Learn how to protect yourself from the most common tax scams.
You're increasingly targeted by email phishing scams where scammers pose as clients or colleagues to access your personal information, often using malware to steal passwords and sensitive data. Scammers send fraudulent emails that appear to be from the IRS, complete with logos, to trick you into...
So it’s no surprise that this time of year, the Internal Revenue Service and its Security Summit partners spend a week focusing on ways taxpayers and tax professionals can protect their and clients’ sensitive financial information from tax scammers. Yes, in addition to trying to steal your ...
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So if there ever was an opportunity to swap the income tax for a VAT, I would take that trade (assuming, of course, repeal of the 16th Amendment so politicians couldn’t pull a bait-and-switch scam). Just like I would swap the income tax for a national sales tax. But we’ll never...
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Service Center Automated Mail Processing System (SCAMPS) digital dates. Note: SCAMPS sprays a digital date on the envelope. Date the document/correspondence was prepared or signed. Exception: If the only available date is from a copy of a previously filed return do not use the copied signature...
Scam promoters are luring people to improperly claim the ERC with “offers” online, in social media, on the radio, or through unsolicited phone calls, emails and even mailings that look like official government letters but have fake agency names and usually urge immediate action. These unscrupul...
Scammers make unsolicited calls claiming to be IRS officials. They demand that the victim pay a bogus tax bill. They con the victim into sending cash, usually through a prepaid debit card or wire transfer. They may also leave “urgent” callback requests through phone “robo-calls,” or vi...