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PA Revenue Goof Sends Taxpayers To Viagra Site

Two years ago, I wrote my very first piece for Forbes. The article, titled Tax Amnesty Works Without Big Brother, was the result of criticisms

Quick, close your eyes. Now open them. You know, cause you can’t read the blog with your eyes closed. But remember how it looked. It

Form W-2, check. Form 1099-Misc, check. Form 1098, check. Form 1099-K… wait, what? Yep, there’s a new form from the IRS out this year and

I hate to shop. I don’t have the patience for it. I have three kids and if you’ve ever been behind me in line at

Yes, it’s another spammy email purporting to be from the IRS. This one has, as its subject, “IRS-SUBJ1” and claims to be from the IRS

Remember the IRS redesign? Like many others, I was puzzled by the new color combination (blue and orange, really?). As promised, I sent IRS an

Just a few months after I reported seeing a bump in scam e-mails purporting to be from the IRS, a new version is making the

So, every morning, I surf on over to the IRS website because: (a) I’m a geek like that; and (b) I want to keep on

I have a terrible confession to make: I never leave the house without my cell phone. Really. I rely on my cell phone for work-related

You have to give scammers credit: they sure don’t give up. There’s another set of IRS phishing emails making the rounds this week. I’ve seen