by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 24, 2026 | Scam of the day
With the due date for filing you federal income tax return approaching, many people are filing their taxes at this time with almost 94% of individual income tax returns being filed electronically. TurboTax is a popular online tax preparation service and so identity...
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. | Jan 6, 2022 | Scam of the day
Last week the federal court for the Southern District of Florida issued an order permanently barring Gerald Vito, James Eleby and Gerald Vito LLC d/b/a Income Tax Services from preparing income tax returns. According to the Justice Department who brought the civil...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 29, 2020 | Scam of the day
February third is the start of Tax Identity Theft Awareness Week. 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...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 7, 2019 | Scam of the day
While the April tax filing deadline has come and gone, tax related scams are always with us. Recently, the IRS issued a new warning about two of those scams. https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-reminder-tax-scams-continue-year-round In the first of these scams, the...
