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Phishing emails are a common threat found in your inbox. While these scams range from too-good-to-be-true business opportunities to aggressive threats from “government agencies,” one specific…
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It’s a new year and a new filing season. That means the Internal Revenue Service is hard at work fighting some long-running scams aimed at tricking taxpayers out of their hard-earned money.…
An IP PIN is a six-digit number known only to the taxpayer and the IRS, assigned to eligible taxpayers to help stop the misuse of their Social Security number or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN). Identity thieves file fake income tax returns using these numbers to claim fraudulent refunds.…
With the passage of Thanksgiving, Americans are shifting into gifting mode. For many, that means giving a holiday monetary gift to a well-deserving charity of one sort or another.…
The Internet is filled with cybersecurity threats that can jeopardize family finances. Just one of many scams, identity theft tax refund fraud (ITTRF) is big business for criminals, and it can cause big headaches for victims.…
The Internal Revenue Service and its partners on the Security Summit are reminding the nation’s tax professionals that having a written information security plan is more than just a good idea—it’s the law.…
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The humble phishing scam is one of the oldest grifts in the Digital Age. Despite their age, these scams remain remarkably effective. Part of that success is derived from constant evolution, and the…
A new report to Congress from one of the Internal Revenue Service’s advisory panels is calling for the government to do something unusual: Fully fund the IRS budget request.…
The new Identity Theft Central page on IRS.gov is the latest tool the Internal Revenue Service has developed to stop identity thieves in their tracks.…
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The Internal Revenue Service on Friday announced that it is ending the Form W-2 Verification Code pilot program.…
