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Taxpayers should hang up if tax season scammers come calling

The tax filing season is a popular time for scammers to call and try to dupe unsuspecting taxpayers. These thieves often make threatening or alarming calls posing as the IRS to try to steal taxpayer money or personal information....

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  • February 11, 2023

All taxpayers should know the telltale signs of common tax scams

Every year scammers add new twists to well-known tax-related scams and 2020 is no exception. Taxpayers should remember that the IRS generally first mails a bill to a taxpayer who owes taxes. There are special circumstances when the IRS...

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  • July 23, 2020

IRS launches International Charity Fraud Awareness Week

WASHINGTON — The IRS is joining an international coalition in launching the second annual International Charity Fraud Awareness Week (ICFAW). Today through Oct. 25, the coalition will raise awareness and share practices to help charities and other not-for-profit organizations...

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  • October 21, 2019

IRS offers settlement for micro-captive insurance schemes; letters being mailed to groups under audit

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service announced today the mailing of a time-limited settlement offer for certain taxpayers under audit who participated in abusive micro-captive insurance transactions.  Taxpayers eligible for this offer will be notified by letter with the...

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  • September 24, 2019