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Sunday Mailbag: Tax Week Edition

11 April 2010

This has been the busiest tax season that I can remember. The phone has not stopped ringing, the emails have not stopped coming and I have been speaking and interviewing nonstop. At this point, I think even I am sick of myself. Fortunately, tax season proper comes just once a year and there’s just a [...]

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IRS Phishing Scams on the Rise

25 March 2010

It’s that time of year again… The one when the crazies come out and try to steal your personal information or infect your computer or some other such nonsense by sending fake e-mails purporting to be from the IRS. There are a bunch of these e-mails floating around right now. The most recent ones have [...]

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Email Subscriptions

2 February 2010

I’ve received a couple of emails about problems with subscribing to taxgirl via email. I’ve checked into it and it appears that some folks aren’t verifying their subscriptions after they subscribe. My guess is that some of the verification links are getting gobbled up by spam filters. If you haven’t received a verification link, you [...]

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Sunday Mail Bag

11 October 2009

It’s a chilly Sunday morning here in Philadelphia. I thought a bit of housekeeping might be in order, so I’m opening up the ol’ taxgirl (e)mailbag. I have a bunch of non-technical tax questions which were submitted as “ask the taxgirl” questions but I thought it made more sense to answer them in one big [...]

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IRS Scam Emails May Put Your Info at Risk

28 September 2009

By now, you have to have received one of the scam emails purporting to be from the IRS with the subject line: “Notice of Underreported Income.” I’ve received 59 of them just since September 18, 2009. Persistent little spammers. But if you’re smart or if you follow me on twitter (not that those things are [...]

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taxgirl Emails Have a New Look

13 September 2009

I always appreciate your feedback – it’s good to know what you think I’m doing wrong (so that I can fix it) and what you think I’m doing right (so that I can do more of it). A reader recently suggested that I tweak the subject lines of the emails in my feed to make [...]

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I Guess Scammers Don’t Read My Blog.

10 October 2007

I just received the following email with the header “Get Tax Refund on your VISA or MasterCard Now!” in my email today: After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of $135.50. Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 6-9 [...]

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The IRS Doesn’t Care What You Think.

29 August 2007

Okay, maybe they do care (maybe a little), but they certainly aren’t going to pay you for your opinion. The IRS is warning about a new phishing scam involving an email to taxpayers purporting to issue a tax credit in the amount of $80 in exchange for completing an online survey. It’s not going to [...]

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Re: You’re Being Investigated for Tax Fraud

4 June 2007

The IRS wants you to understand that you’ll never actually see that message in a subject line from IRS. It’s the newest scam to target taxpayers. Taxpayers have reported the receipt of an email allegedly from “IRS Criminal Investigation” claiming that an investigation is underway for filing of a false return or other complaint. The [...]

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