by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 5, 2019 | Scam of the day
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) issued a new report about the efforts of the IRS to prevent cybercriminals from accessing taxpayer data and using that data for purposes of income tax identity theft. While TIGTA found that the IRS had...
by admin | Feb 22, 2018 | Scam of the day
According to a recent report of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), the IRS failed to notify 458,658 people who the IRS had determined were victims of “employment identity theft” which occurs when someone steals a person’s...
by admin | Dec 16, 2017 | Scam of the day
Many people have been scammed by criminals who call on the phone purporting to be from the IRS making various threats unless the targeted victim immediately pays alleged overdue taxes. For years, I have been telling you that the simplest way to know that the person...
by admin | Jun 30, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
It was just a little over two weeks ago that I complimented the IRS for actions it was taking in regard to resolving the claims of victims of income tax identity theft as announced in a report by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA)....
by admin | Jun 14, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
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....
