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As April 15 Creeps Closer, Tax Refund Scams Still Coming

12 April 2013

Tweet With just days left in tax season, scammers are still trying their best to get you to click on refund-related emails. Here’s the latest in the string of those that I received today:   You can see a copy of the prior variation-on-a-theme scam here. Don’t fall for these scams. These emails are intended [...]

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Uh Oh: Bieber Crosses Line But Not The Law On Lohan Tax Remarks

15 March 2013

Tweet Pop star Justin Bieber raised eyebrows this week for his bizarre swipe at Lindsay Lohan. After being compared to the troubled Lohan in the press, Bieber took to the social media site Instagram to badmouth the Mean Girls star, saying, among other things: “to those comparing me to Lindsay Lohan look at her 2012 [...]

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IRS Makes Arrests, Targets Businesses In Massive Identity Theft Crackdown

7 February 2013

Today, the IRS announced the results of an “aggressive enforcement effort” targeting refund fraud caused by identity theft.

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Tax Code Hits Nearly 4 Million Words, Taxpayer Advocate Calls It Too Complicated

10 January 2013

Tweet What could you do with six billion hours? Think hard. That’s the equivalent of 8,758 lifetimes. Yes, lifetimes. It’s also how much time taxpayers spend every year trying to comply with tax filing requirements. That, according to the 2012 annual report as prepared by the National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson. The report was [...]

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IRS Issues Warning On Fake Web Site

26 October 2012

Tweet It’s not just the goblins and ghouls that you have to worry about this month. It’s the real bad guys: scammers and thieves. Just this week, the IRS issued another warning about tax scams. This one – a new one – uses a website that mimics the IRS e-Services online registration page. The real [...]

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IRS Employee Accused of Identity Theft

9 July 2012

Tweet The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has been ramping up its efforts to protect taxpayers from identity theft. I’m guessing that IRS didn’t expect to have to protect taxpayers from identity theft from its own employees. However, that’s exactly what federal investigators allege happened in Philadelphia. An Orlando television station, WFTV, is reporting that 48 [...]

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Murder Suspect Allegedly Used Victim’s Identity to Commit Tax Fraud

21 May 2012

Tweet On the afternoon of October 24, 2011, Hillsborough County (Tampa, FL) sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of shots fired between two housing duplexes. They found Michael Massaline on the ground; Massaline later died at the hospital from his injuries. He had been shot twice in the upper body. Two weeks later, deputies announced [...]

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Taxes from A to Z: R Is For Refund

22 March 2012

Tweet R is for Refund. With tax season down to the wire, more and more taxpayers are wondering about the status of their refunds. Your refund information is generally available about 72 hours after your tax return is processed. You can track your refund online with the “Where’s My Refund?” service offered by IRS or [...]

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Tax Appeal Email is a Scam

22 February 2012

Tweet ‘Tis the season, folks. Expect more and more bogus emails in your inbox as tax season heats up. Scams to steal your identity and/or financial information are rampant, causing the IRS to include phishing and identity theft at the top of their “Dirty Dozen” list for 2012. The newest version making the rounds look [...]

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IRS Warns Taxpayers to Avoid Scams

20 February 2012

Tweet The IRS has announced its annual “Dirty Dozen” tax scams for 2012. There are some familiar scams making the list this year with a handful of new-ish ones thrown in for good measure. The best way to protect yourself is to know what you’re up against. Be informed. Here’s the dish on this year’s [...]

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