Tax scams, identity theft, and fraud schemes to watch out for — how they work, how to spot them, and how to protect yourself.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is reminding taxpayers about continuing aggressive phone scams. Those phone scams are “a major threat to taxpayers” and as such, continued to hold down a top spot on the IRS “Dirty Dozen” list of tax scams for the 2018 filing season.
Just when you thought you’d read about all of the tax scams: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is warning taxpayers about a new – and growing – scam involving erroneous tax refunds being deposited into real taxpayer bank accounts. Then the crooks use various tactics to con taxpayers into turning over the funds. It’s a new twist…
With tax season in full swing, identity theft related tax fraud has become a hot topic. While taking steps to protect yourself from identity theft is always smart, it’s important that you don’t get too caught up in the hype. Here are five things you need to know about identity theft and tax returns.
Tax forms were due to most taxpayers yesterday (click here for more about due dates) but that doesn’t mean that scammers are taking a break. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) continues to remind taxpayers about a form W-2 phishing scam that could make the rounds again in 2018.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued an alert about a new email scheme targeting taxpayers. Here’s what you need to know to protect yourself.
Deloitte, known popularly in the United States as one of the “Big Four” accounting firms, has confirmed that it was the victim of a cyber attack.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued an urgent warning about a new scheme targeting taxpayers. The scheme involves a bogus email which impersonates the IRS and the FBI as part of a ransomware scam to take computer data hostage.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), state tax agencies, and the tax industry have announced a recent increase in email scams targeting employee Forms W-2. A variation on the scam has cost businesses more than $3 billion over the past two years.
We’ve been trained to think we have to answer certain questions in order to get services. When it comes to ID theft, sometimes answering those questions may do more harm than good.
The Internal Revenue Service, state tax agencies, and the tax industry, as part of the Security Summit, are warning tax professionals about a new scam making the rounds. The new scam involves a phishing email scam impersonating tax software providers and attempting to steal usernames and passwords.