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Updated Dec. 7, 2023 According to the FTC, since the pandemic, tax-related identity theft has risen 45% since the pre-pandemic years. And by May of 2023, the IRS had already flagged more than 1 million returns for potential identity theft. Imagine this: You work hard...
Spring is here, which means that it’s tax filing season—woohoo! Hopefully, after you go through the necessity of filling out your return, you’ll have a nice refund coming your way, courtesy of Uncle Sam. But wait—can someone steal your tax refund check? Unfortunately,...
W-2 forms and other income tax document thefts caused massive headaches for the government and taxpayers years ago when stolen identity refund fraud (SIRF) was at its peak. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) lost billions of dollars, and taxpayer refunds were...
It’s that time of year once again. The holidays have come and gone and we’re all settling into a new year. With all of our resolutions aside, one thing is still left to do - our taxes. This season is also the time where IRS-related scams are plentiful. It’s...
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued an urgent alert regarding a dangerous W-2 phishing scam that is targeting employers across a wide variety of sectors, including everything from businesses to schools to tribal organizations. Not only is this type of...
While you may have received one or more phone calls from someone claiming to be an agent of the Internal Revenue Service, the calls are not actually coming from an employee of the IRS. These calls are “an epidemic,” according to J. Russell George, the Treasury...
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