Norton Scientific Reviews blog gives you the latest update on IRS warning on Tax fraud and other related scams.

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Reviews blog gives you the latest update on IRS
warning on Tax fraud and other related scams.
The US Internal Revenue Service has published their
yearly ranking of tax scams, called Dirty Dozen, in an
effort to remind taxpayers to be cautious as there are
many schemes designed to cheat them this tax period.
The list which is compiled by the IRS every year also
contains a wide range of common tax scams that people
can encounter anytime. But the fraudulent claims usually
increase during the time people file their tax returns.
Con artists will try to cheat people either through online,
email messages, flyers, word of mouth or personal
encounter. They are armed with misleading promises
about free money or lost refunds.

3. The most complex and accounts for the most
number of victims is the case of identity theft. IRS
has seen increasing number of such cases where the
thieves use legitimate taxpayers’ information to file a
return and claim a fraudulent refund. A notice from
the IRS will usually be sent to a taxpayer if more
than one return was filed in his or her name, or if he
or she received salary from an unknown employer.
Suspicious preparers of return have been known to
steal their clients’ refunds or charge huge amounts for
preparing the return on the client’s behalf. They
basically draw potential clients by promising
guaranteed or increased refunds. A number of federal
courts have already issued hundreds of injunctions
while the Justice Department has many pending
complaints against others.

4. Because of this, taxpayers are warned to
choose carefully who to hire as tax preparer. As
a preventive measure, every paid preparer are
required to have a PTIN (Preparer Tax
Identification Number) that he needs to put on
the returns he prepares.
Scammers typically target the elderly and
persons who have low income in order to bring
false hopes and charge them for the ‘advice’.
But victims always end up disappointed
afterwards.

5. For instance, several years ago, one of the most
widespread tax frauds toyed with the concept that
paying tax is not required at all but only
voluntary. Furthermore, victims were told that if
you put a specific language on your tax return, IRS
would not tax you. But as part of the whole scam,
you have to pay some amount or other to get the
language and the proper forms.
The primary source of identity theft was
discovered to be in hospitals where patient
information is not secured properly.

6. IRS announced last month a national crack
down on suspected perpetrators of tax fraud
as part of their efforts to protect taxpayers.
Together with the Department of Justice’s
Tax Division, they have created a protection
unit and a hotline dedicated for fraud issues
to assist taxpayers.
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