by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 15, 2025 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day is about a phishing email presently circulating that appears to come from the IRS informing you that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of $825.71. The email has a pdf attachment that appears to be on IRS stationary and, unlike...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 28, 2025 | Scam of the day
Getting information from the IRS can sometimes be a frustrating experience and with the recent cuts in employees of an already understaffed IRS, you can expect the problems to be worse this year. Fortunately, the IRS has a program by which you can set up an Online...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 30, 2021 | Scam of the day
The third round of Economic Impact Payments authorized by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 was paid as an advance payment of the tax year 2021 Recovery Rebate Credit. The IRS began sending these payments on March 12, 2021 to eligible people, most of whom have...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 14, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The recent report by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration of the IRS’ poor record when it comes to preventing tax identity theft where identity thieves steal the names of Social Security numbers of their victims and then file phony federal...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 5, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Earlier this week the IRS acknowledged that they had paid out more than five billion dollars in fraudulent income tax refunds to identity thieves in 2011 and that a government audit of the IRS predicted that the problem will worsen over the next five years. Despite...
