by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 23, 2019 | Scam of the day
Income tax identity theft, by which identity thieves file phony income tax returns with counterfeit W-2s using the Social Security numbers and names of their victims is still a major problem for the IRS and taxpayers costing us all billions of dollars each year...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 22, 2019 | Scam of the day
Turbo Tax is a popular online tax preparation software program produced by Intuit that will allow you to prepare and file your income tax returns easily and efficiently online. As always, if something is popular with the public, it is popular with scammers who...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 2, 2019 | Scam of the day
It was only a few days ago on January 28th that the filing season for federal income taxes began and, once again, we can expect income tax identity thieves to be among the first people filing returns. Income tax identity theft, by which identity thieves file phony...
by admin | Sep 17, 2018 | Scam of the day
Income tax identity theft, by which identity thieves file phony income tax returns with counterfeit W-2s using the Social Security number and name of their victims is still a major problem for the IRS and taxpayers costing us all billions of dollars each year....
by admin | Aug 2, 2018 | Scam of the day
The General Accountability Office (GA0), the federal agency which does detailed investigations of governmental activities, has just issued a new report critical of the IRS’ efforts to authenticate taxpayers and prevent income tax identity theft. Income tax...