#Tax Scams

[joshhamilton11]

Trucking Tax Scams to Watch Out For

Truck drivers and owner-operators face a unique set of tax responsibilities due to their mobile lifestyle and business structure. Unfortunately, this also makes them a prime target for tax-related scams. These scams can come in many forms—from identity theft to fraudulent tax preparers—and can lead to severe financial consequences. Staying informed about common trucking tax scams is crucial to protecting your hard-earned income and staying compliant with IRS regulations.

1. Fake IRS Phone Calls and Emails  

One of the most prevalent tax scams involves fraudsters posing as IRS agents. These scammers often call or email truckers, especially during tax season, claiming there’s an issue with their tax return or that they owe back taxes. They might threaten arrest, license suspension, or other legal action unless payment is made immediately through wire transfer, gift cards, or cryptocurrency.

Important Tip: The IRS will never demand immediate payment over the phone, nor will it accept payment in unusual forms like gift cards. If you receive such a call, hang up immediately and report it to the IRS or the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA).

2. Ghost Tax Preparers  

Ghost preparers are individuals who prepare tax returns for a fee but refuse to sign them. They may promise large refunds or claim bogus deductions to inflate your return, often without proper documentation. Once you’re audited, they vanish—leaving you responsible for any errors or fraud.

Always work with a legitimate tax preparer who signs the return and includes their Preparer Tax Identification Number (PTIN). This ensures accountability and provides a layer of protection in case something goes wrong.

3. Phishing Scams Targeting Truckers  

Truckers often use public Wi-Fi at rest stops and truck stops, which can expose them to online phishing attacks. These attacks can come through fake emails or websites that appear to be from the IRS or tax software providers, tricking you into sharing sensitive information like Social Security numbers or banking details.

To avoid falling victim, never click on suspicious links or download attachments from unknown sources. Always verify the legitimacy of the sender and use secure, private networks when dealing with personal or financial data.

4. Fraudulent Refund Claims  

Some scam artists offer to file your taxes with inflated deductions, false expenses, or fabricated business losses. While the promise of a large refund might sound appealing, submitting a false return is illegal. If caught, you’ll be responsible for repayment, interest, and possibly criminal charges.

Truck drivers must ensure that all deductions—like fuel, repairs, lodging, and per diem—are legitimate and well-documented. Keep accurate records and only claim expenses that comply with IRS guidelines.

5. Social Media and Text Message Scams  

With the rise in mobile device usage, scammers are now targeting truckers through social media platforms and SMS. You might receive a message claiming you're eligible for a special tax credit or refund and asking for personal information. These messages are almost always fraudulent and should be ignored.

Be skeptical of any unsolicited communication regarding your taxes, especially those that pressure you to act immediately or provide sensitive data.

6. Unqualified or Dishonest Tax Preparers  

Not all tax preparers have the skills or ethical standards required to manage trucking-related taxes. Choosing someone without experience in the industry can result in missed deductions or incorrect filings, costing you time and money. It’s best to seek out a trusted trucking tax specialist who understands the specific needs and regulations truck drivers face.

Final Thoughts  

Truck drivers work hard and deserve to keep every dollar they earn. Staying informed and cautious can help you avoid falling prey to scams. Always verify who you're dealing with, never share personal information impulsively, and keep your records secure. When in doubt, consult with a qualified professional who puts your best interest first.

[fundaura]

Tax Identity Theft: Real-World Examples and Protection Strategies You Need to Know

Introduction: Growing Threat of Tax Identity Theft

Tax season causes so much anxiety to many Americans, but there is a growing fear- tax identity theft. FBI reports recorded a 26% increase in complaints on identity thefts related to tax returns last year, with conservative figures placing the cost to taxpayers at around $5.2 billion per annum. As a finance professional who has been advising clients on tax security since 2019, I have certainly seen firsthand how damaging this crime can be to unsuspecting victims.

Tax identity theft happens when criminals use your information, mostly your Social Security number, to either file fraudulent tax returns or claim benefits that don't belong to them. What makes this particular type of identity theft scary is that often the victim has no idea what has happened until they try to file their own legitimate return.

Let's take a poor road down memory lane through some authentic examples that can help you understand the workings of this fraud and protect yourself.

Cheating Means of Tax Identity Theft

Method #1: The Early Filing Fraud

This is the most common manner of tax identity theft commonly encountered in my practice. Here's exactly how it would work.--

While most employers distribute the W-2 forms by late January, the majority of taxpayers hold out until closer to the April deadline for filing. Taking advantage of this gap, early filing can be done by criminals using stolen identities. They tweak the numbers on the return to create a refund that is sent to accounts whereto they have control. When, later on, you try to file the return, the IRS rejects it on the premise that, according to their records, you have already filed. 

Real-World Example:  Another client of mine-an Illinois-based healthcare professional-had his civil information compromised in a breach in his medical facility. Data on him was sold in an underground forum, and a thief filed a return in February for a massive refund under contrived specifies of income and deductions. The refund was paid out to a prepaid debit card. When the client tried filing his legitimate return in April, the IRS rejected it. It took nearly 8 months to settle and pay his real refund.

Method #2: Phishing Attacks Leading to Tax Fraud

Phishing attacks continue to be the top avenue through which criminals elicit your personal information to commit tax fraud.

Real-World Example: In the aftermath of last tax season, these sophisticated emails had been plaguing so many of my clients, complete with the IRS crest. Said to be entitled to additional refunds but needing to be vetted in three days' time via the provided link, acting upon such a insisted request could imperil one's finances. The link purportedly took one to the site where the roguish act could be committed-first blackmailing information from the victim. With such information given away willingly, the perpetrators file for fraudulent tax returns.

Method #3: Child Identity Theft

It is such a horrible crime to steal the identity of children in order to fraudulently claim them as dependents on tax returns. Children make targets for identity thieves because there is no credit report on their records and the information is not actively monitored. 

Real-World Example: A family I advised in 2023 witnessed their mail going missing, including documents containing their child's Social Security number. Using that SSN, an identity thief fraudulently claimed the child as a dependent on their tax return, drawing tax credits for which they were not entitled to. The parents only learned about the fraud when they filed their return and received an IRS notice addressing the double dependent claim. 

Method #4: Employer Data Breaches

These days, companies that maintain personnel information are a prime target for data thieves who want to commit tax fraud.

Real-World Example: By the year 2024, I had consulted for a mid-size company that underwent an attack by means of a CEO/HR phishing scam. A criminal impersonated the CEO through an email to HR requesting that they send all employee W-2 information. The HR, convinced that the request was genuine, sent the information that contained employees' names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and salary details. Within a few weeks, several employees found out that fraudulent returns had been filed with their information. 

Warning Signs You're a Victim of Tax Identity Theft

Depending on my experience assisting clients in recovering from tax identity theft, these are the principal warning signs you should be on the lookout for:

The IRS rejects your electronically filed income tax return on the grounds that a return has already been filed using your SSN

You receive a letter from the IRS Taxpayer Protection Program (such as Letter 5071C, 4883C, or 5747C) on a suspicious return

You receive IRS notices concerning tax returns that you never filed

You are told more than one tax return has been filed using your SSN

You receive tax transcripts you did not request

IRS records show you were paid wages from an employer for whom you never worked

You are notified about duplicate dependent claims in multiple returns

How to Protect Yourself with Expert Advice

1. Acquire an Identity Protection PIN System

This is actually the most effective tool I recommend to my clients. The IRS issues an Identity Protection PIN (IP PIN) to taxpayers to avert misuse of their Social Security number on fraudulent federal income tax returns. The PIN changes annually, and taxpayers must use it when filing any federal tax return. The enrollment starts with the person setting up an online account at IRS.gov.

2. When Children Apply for Credit, Check for It in Their Names

Parents should check periodically for children's credit reports. If a report pops up for a minor who absolutely has not put in any application for credit, this can signal identity theft. In such cases, I would strongly advise that a Security Freeze be put on the children's credit report to prevent other parties from accessing it.

3. Be the First to File

Filing early is probably the biggest factor I've noticed enabling the things I've seen my clients succeed in when it comes to scam prevention.

4. Guard Your Personal Data

To better secure yourself:

Keep physical documents that contain SSN, or other personal information away from unauthorized persons

Try to be cautious when giving your information online

Good habit: Use unique password(s) on all your accounts

Never use public Wi-Fi when doing bank transactions

Be highly suspicious when approached unexpectedly by anybody who claims to be from the IRS

What to Do If You're a Victim

The moments to react should be prompt if you consider or confirm that you might just be a victim of this kind of identity theft:

If any true notice is received, answer immediately by calling the IRS at the number in the notice

Report so the IRS through the local IRS Stakeholder Liaison

File a complaint with the Internet Crime Complaint Center of the FBI

Contact the local police for filing a report on the data breach

Probably set a fraud alert or do a credit freeze on your credit reports

File your tax returns, even if you have to do it by paper.

Conclusion: Stay Vigilant to Protect Your Tax Identity

Tax identity theft remains a huge threat from American taxpayers, with evildoers constantly modifying their working plans. Hence, by studying how a tax identity theft may happen and learning the signs to watch for, plus applying some means of protection, you'll have a much better chance of defending yourself from becoming a victim.

Remember, the IRS will never initiate contact with taxpayers by way of emails, texts, or any form of social media. Treat any electronic contact that shows up out of nowhere claiming to be from the IRS with extreme caution.

As yet another tax season beckons, I appeal to all my readers to put these protections into place. Such peace of mind is indeed priceless.

Do you have experiences of tax identity theft or protective measures taken? Share testimonies in the comments below.

Tax Identity Theft-Related FAQs

Q: Tax identity theft cases: How long to resolve? A: Resolution times vary greatly depending on the case. Typically, taxpayers are asked to wait at least 120 days, while particularly complex cases may take 6 to 12 months to fully conclude. 

Q: Could tax identity theft affect my credit score? A: Pure tax identity theft does not normally affect your credit score. However, it is possible that a thief who has enough information to file a fraudulent tax return can attempt other identity theft avenues that would negatively affect your credit.

Q: Will the rightful tax charge still be paid out in tax identity theft cases? A: Yes, your tax refund will eventually be paid out eventually but will be delayed as IRS attempts to investigate and resolve the matter of identity theft.

Q: How do I find out if someone has already submitted a return under my information? A: Obtaining a tax transcript from the IRS, or creating an online account at IRS.gov helps you check your tax records for any unexpected activity.

Q: Should I file a tax return if I learn I am a victim of tax identity theft? A: Yes. File for your legitimate tax return no matter what, even if filing by paper, and if you're an established victim, attach Form 14039, Identity Theft Affidavit, to your return.

About the Author

The article is penned by Nitesh Miller, a financial expert and founder of Fundaura. He has more than 6 years of giving personal and corporate advice on tax security matters and financial protection. Having worked with various top finance executives, he ensures that every piece of advice here is sound, well researched, and practical. There is no fluff here-just applicable finance knowledge for you!

[baitdragon]

Beware of Tax Scams: Essential Tips to Detect, Prevent, and Report Fraud

Understanding Tax Scams: How They Work and How to Stay Safe

With the increasing shift towards digital tax filing, scammers have found new ways to exploit taxpayers through phishing, identity theft, and fraudulent tax refund schemes. Cybercriminals take advantage of people’s trust in official tax authorities by impersonating government agencies and using deceptive tactics to steal personal and financial information. Their goal is often to gain access to victims' bank accounts, Social Security numbers, and tax-related data, which they can use for fraudulent activities like unauthorized transactions, fake tax return filings, or identity theft.

Common Tax Scam Tactics

1. Fake Tax Refund Notifications

One of the most widespread methods scammers use is sending fraudulent tax refund notifications via email, SMS, or even phone calls. Victims receive messages claiming they are eligible for a large tax refund, but to receive it, they must provide their bank account details, Social Security number, or other sensitive data. In reality, once scammers obtain this information, they either withdraw money from the victim’s account or use the data to commit identity fraud.

2. Impersonation Scams

Another common scam involves criminals posing as tax officials from the Income Tax Department or the IRS. These fraudsters contact taxpayers, claiming that they owe a significant amount in unpaid taxes. They often use intimidation tactics, such as threatening arrest, lawsuits, asset seizure, or legal action, unless the victim makes an immediate payment. These scams are particularly effective because they create a sense of urgency and fear, pushing individuals to pay money without verifying the legitimacy of the claim.

3. Fake Tax Assistance Services

Scammers also set up fake tax preparation services, offering to help individuals file their tax returns. These fraudulent services often charge high fees, submit false information, or even steal personal details from taxpayers. Victims may not realize they’ve been scammed until they face legal consequences for fraudulent tax filings they never authorized.

4. Phishing Emails & Websites

Many tax scams involve phishing emails that appear to be from legitimate tax authorities. These emails may contain fake links leading to fraudulent websites that closely resemble official government portals. When users enter their login credentials, credit card details, or other personal information, scammers capture this data and use it for identity theft or financial fraud.

Conclusion

Tax scams are becoming increasingly sophisticated, making it crucial for taxpayers to stay informed and vigilant. By recognizing common scam tactics, verifying official communications, and following secure tax filing practices, individuals can safeguard their financial information from cybercriminals. If you suspect fraud, act quickly, report it to authorities, and protect your identity from further misuse.

[abislwise]

I'm confused, what does Benoit Blanc have to do with it

“The WBD tactic of scrapping fully made films for tax breaks is predatory and anti-competitive,” the San Antonio Democrat wrote. “As the Justice Department and @FTC revise their antitrust guidelines they should review this conduct. As someone remarked, it’s like burning down a building for the insurance money."

[scamandfraud]

Tax Evasion Scams on 2024: What to Watch Out For, How to Protect Yourself, and Where to Report

Tax season is always a busy time for the Internal Revenue Service, but it’s also a prime opportunity for scammers to prey on taxpayers. Tax evasion scams are on the rise, and it’s important to be aware of the red flags so you can protect yourself from falling victim. What Are Tax Evasion Scams? Tax evasion scams are a type of fraud that involves tricking taxpayers into giving up sensitive…

[kaybelltax]

Don't be haunted by tax ghosts

Halloween may be the scariest season, but taxes can produce more year-round scares.

The CBS television show "Ghosts" is fun entertainment, but there's no joking around when it comes to ghost tax preparers and their scams, or the fraud costs caused by ghost employees and employers.

Every one of those spectral tax situations can be costly.

You can read more about other scary tax matters, as well as find tax tips and occasionally some fun tax tidbits, at my blog Don't Mess With Taxes.

[cpapartners]

IRS Warns of New Scam Involving Unclaimed Refunds

(Accounting Today) - The Internal Revenue Service is cautioning taxpayers to beware of a new scam in which fraudsters are sending out cardboard envelopes from a delivery service asking for personal info.

[prokopetz]

One of these days some enterprising con artist is going to make up a fake quirky little sci-fi movie, claim that it's been fully produced but Warner Bros. permanently shelved it for a tax writeoff, raise a couple million dollars in crowdfunding to "buy back the rights", then disappear off the face of the planet and take the money with them, and they'll 100% get away with it because really, who are we going to believe?

[mostlysignssomeportents]

Musk steals a billion dollars from low-income Americans and sends it to Intuit

I'm about to leave for a 20+ city book tour for my new novel PICKS AND SHOVELS. Catch me on Feb 14 in BOSTON for FREE at BOSKONE , and on Feb 15 for a virtual event with YANIS VAROUFAKIS. More tour dates here.

Let me tell you about the most wasteful US federal government spending I know about. It's a humdinger. You and everyone you know are mired in it for weeks, or perhaps months, every year. It will cost you, personally, thousands of dollars over your lifetime. I'm talking about filing your taxes.

Not paying your taxes. Paying your taxes is fine. It keeps the country running, though not because the government needs our "tax dollars" to pay for things. The government annihilates the money it taxes away from us, and creates new money to pay for programs. The USA needs US citizens' dollars to build highways the same way Starbucks needs its Starbucks gift cards to make lattes – that is, not at all:

https://theglobepost.com/2019/03/28/stephanie-kelton-mmt/

I'm talking about filing your taxes. In nearly every case, a tax return contains a bunch of things the IRS already knows: how much interest your bank paid you, how much your employer paid you, how many kids you have, etc etc. Nearly everyone who pays a tax-prep place or website to file their tax return is just sending data to the IRS that the IRS already has. This is insanely wasteful.

In most other "advanced" countries (and in plenty of poorer countries, too), the tax authority fills in your tax return for you and mails it to you at tax-time. If it looks good to you, you just sign the bottom and send it back. If there are mistakes, you can correct them. You can also just drop it in the shredder and hire an accountant to do your taxes for you, if, for example, you run a small business, or are self-employed, or have other complex tax needs. A tiny minority of tax filers fall into that bucket, and they keep the tax-prep industry in other countries alive, albeit in a much smaller form than in the USA.

In the US, we have a duopoly of two gigantic tax-prep outfits: H&R Block, and Intuit, owners of Turbotax. These companies make billions from low-income, working Americans every year, charging them to format a bunch of information the IRS already has, and then sending it to the IRS on their behalf. These companies lobbied like crazy for the right to tax you when you pay your taxes.

In 2003, it looked like the IRS would start sending Americans pre-completed returns, so H&R Block and Turbotax went into lobbying overdrive, whipping up a "public private partnership" called the "Free File Alliance," that promised to do free tax prep for most Americans. But once the threat of IRS free filing was killed, they turned Free File into a sick joke. Americans who tried to use Free File were fraudulently channeled into filing products that cost money – sometimes hundreds of dollars – to use, a fact that was only revealed after the taxpayer had spent hours keying in their information. Free File sites were also used to peddle unrelated financial products to tax filers, with deceptive language that implied that buying these services was needed to file your return:

https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-turbotax-20-year-fight-to-stop-americans-from-filing-their-taxes-for-free

The big winner from the Free File scam was Intuit, which bought Turbotax in 1993. They made about one billion dollars per year ripping off Americans they'd promised to file free tax returns for. After outstanding work by Propublica, lawmakers and the IRS were finally pressured to create an IRS-based free filing service that would cut Intuit out of the loop. Intuit went on a lobbying blitz without parallel, giving out $3.5m in bribes in 2022 in a bid to kill the Treasury Department's study of a free filing service:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/20/turbotaxed/#counter-intuit

In 2022, nearly every US state attorney general settled their lawsuits against Intuit for the Turbotax ripoff, bringing in $141m:

https://www.agturbotaxsettlement.com/Home/portalid/0

In 2023, the FTC won a case against Intuit over the scam:

https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2023/09/nine-takeaways-initial-decision-intuit-turbotax-action

But Intut was undeterred. They came back in 2023 with a campaign to say that ripping off American tax-filers was antiracist and anyone who wanted the IRS to make filing free was, therefore, a racist:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/27/predatory-inclusion/#equal-opportunity-scammers

Strangely, no one bought that one. By May, 2023 the IRS had announced its own, in-house free file program:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/05/17/free-as-in-freefile/#tell-me-something-i-dont-know

Now, no one is forcing you to use this program. Do you have a family accountant that your grandparents started using in the Eisenhower administration? Just keep going to them. Do you like using Turbotax? Keep using it! Wanna do your own taxes? Here's the forms:

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040s.pdf

But if you want to file your taxes for free, and you earn $125,000/year or less, here's the IRS's service:

https://www.irs.gov/filing/irs-direct-file-for-free

Better use it quick, though. Elon Musk has just announced that he's killing it. Yeah, I know, no one elected him. That doesn't seem to matter to anyone, least of all Democrats on the Hill, who are still showing up for work every day and trying to engender a "spirit of comity" rather than screaming and throwing eggs:

https://apnews.com/article/irs-direct-file-musk-18f-6a4dc35a92f9f29c310721af53f58b16

Musk called IRS free file a "far left" program and announced that he had "deleted it." By the way, the median Trump voter's income is about $72k, meaning more than half of Trump voters qualified for free file:

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-mythology-of-trumps-working-class-support/

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/11/doubling-up-on-paperwork/#rip-freefile

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[robertreich]

Trump’s Tax Scam: Why Nothing Trickled Down 

The Trump tax cuts were a YUGE scam.

But this November we have a chance to end this trickle-down hoax once and for all.

Donald Trump’s biggest legislative achievement (if you want to even call it that) was the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

The law permanently slashed corporate taxes and temporarily cut income tax rates mostly for rich individuals through the year 2025. The results were worse than I could have imagined.

Trump and his officials claimed the tax cuts would lead to corporations hiring more workers and would “very conservatively” lead to a $4,000 boost in household incomes.

What actually happened in the years since?

In AT&T’s case, the company saw its overall federal tax bill drop by 81%. It spent 31 times more on dividends and stock buybacks to enrich wealthy shareholders than it paid it in taxes. Meanwhile, it slashed over 40,000 jobs.

That was par for the course with Trump’s tax cuts.

Like AT&T, America’s biggest corporations didn’t use their tax savings to increase productivity or reward workers. Instead, they increased their stock buybacks and dividends.

Many of them, including AT&T, even ended up paying their executives more in some years than what they paid Uncle Sam.    

Those executives (along with other high earners) then got to keep more of their earnings because Trump’s tax cuts for individuals were heavily skewed toward the rich. The lowest earners? They got squat.

And many middle-income families saw their taxes go up.

And those supposed $4,000 raises, did you get one?

The bottom line is that Trump’s tax law fueled a massive transfer of wealth into the hands of the rich and powerful. Corporate profits have skyrocketed. U.S. billionaire wealth has more than DOUBLED since 2018.

The tax cuts have also added $2 trillion to the national debt so far, but that hasn’t stopped Trump and the so-called “party of fiscal responsibility” from doubling down on renewing them.

If Trump is reelected and Republicans take control of Congress, they’re planning to renew the expiring tax cuts for individuals that primarily benefited the rich. This would cost $4.6 trillion over the next decade, more than double the cost of the original tax cuts.

Trump has also threatened to lower the corporate tax rate even further from 21% to 15% — which would cost another $1 trillion.

It’s trickle-down economics on steroids.

All of this would cause the federal deficit and debt to soar — which Republicans will then use as an excuse to cut spending on government programs the rest of us rely on.

But the Democrats have their own tax plan. We can make it a reality this November. What would it do? Just the opposite of Trump’s tax plan.

ONE: It would increase taxes on wealthy individuals with incomes in excess of $400,000 a year, while cutting taxes for lower-income Americans.

TWO: It would make billionaires pay at least 25 percent of their incomes in taxes, still leaving them with plenty left over.

THREE: It would raise the corporate income tax to 28 percent, which is about what it was in 1990.

LASTLY, it would quadruple the tax on stock buybacks to get corporations to invest more of their earnings in workers’ wages and productivity instead of windfalls for investors.

So the real choice is between the Republicans’ plan to make the rich much richer, and the Democrats’ plan to make the rich pay their fair share and provide what Americans need.

Which do you want?

[hale-my-nathan]

Trump Weird News - No Tax On Tips Scam

[the-potus-is-a-russian-asset]

The Alpha Male / Supreme Leader of the false MAGA movement. This messiah of hate and greed is on the verge of destroying our almost 250 year old constitutional republic. Over the last two days, your 401K was needlessly gutted as a direct result of a royal decree from this “stable genius”. What was the “Dear Leader”doing while vast amounts of your retirement funds evaporated? He was out golfing with his other oligarch buddies at Mar-a-Lago, on your dime. The cost to the US taxpayers is $18M a pop everything he runs away from his responsibilities and flees down to his billionaires boys club. However, I am sure that he actually really does care about the little guy.🤡🤡🤡

[cosmicportal]

[benjaminallhope-fulltimemind]

There is no way to defend this at all, the stnadards set only allow for bibles specifically created by trump given that the bibles need to 'be bound in leather or leather like materials and contain founding government documents' which 99.9% of bibles do not have. Besides the issue of forcing bibles into schools this is a naked attempt to help Trump make money by making the state government buy his bibles in bulk which would really help him given he's facing lawsuits and a expensive presidential campaign. Trump has been and will always be a businessman first and foremost, that's we need to vote blue as he simply views being president as a means to hold onto and expand his power. Vote blue 💙💙💙 and save our American democracy from corporate and religious influences!!

https://thehill.com/homenews/education/4916077-oklahoma-trump-bibles-schools-ryan-walters/

[scamandfraud]

Tax Evasion Scams on 2024: What to Watch Out For, How to Protect Yourself, and Where to Report

Tax season is always a busy time for the Internal Revenue Service, but it’s also a prime opportunity for scammers to prey on taxpayers. Tax evasion scams are on the rise, and it’s important to be aware of the red flags so you can protect yourself from falling victim. What Are Tax Evasion Scams? Tax evasion scams are a type of fraud that involves tricking taxpayers into giving up sensitive…