Identity theft

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Tax scammers are exploiting the current political divide and resurrecting old websites to lure potential victims, according to a new report.

The Internal Revenue Service is making progress on whittling down the amount of time it takes to help victims of tax-related identity theft.

Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins released her annual report, highlighting improvements in taxpayer service, but pointing to persistent delays.

The Internal Revenue Service issued a warning to tax professionals to be on guard against the identity thieves who are targeting them and their clients.

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The amount of time that identity theft victims have to wait for tax refunds has increased as the Internal Revenue Service has shifted priorities, with some waiting nearly two years.

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As an auditing professional, it's vital that you detect any discrepancies in business tax reports and either try to rectify them or report them to the IRS.

The service developed an indicator to lock the accounts of millions of taxpayers whom the agency assumed had died, but for tens of thousands of people, it may have been wrong.

The IRS offers advice on how practitioners can know when their client information is at risk.

The service is seeing a surge of scams hitting taxpayers via email and text messages touting tax refunds and quick fixes to their tax problems.

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People can lose thousands upon thousands of dollars if their payment card number is stolen, but for the one who used it, the cost was around seven bucks.

The Internal Revenue Service has deployed more filters to catch a growing number of tax returns filed by identity thieves, but fraudsters are continuing to collect millions of dollars despite those efforts.

The vulnerability of the Social Security number isn't helping, either.

The IRS used 84 selection filters last year to ferret out identity theft on business tax returns during the pandemic.

The service is warning tax professionals to be on the lookout for signs of data theft so they can respond quickly on behalf of their clients.