Tax scams

A California tax prep office is robbed, plus our weekly roundup of tax fraud cases.

Ranking state taxes; Schedule M-2 spreadsheets; corporate income tax with no physical presence; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Fraudster faces charges for soliciting taxpayer info for false returns, plus other highlights of other recent cases.

In this time of great upheaval in our nation’s history, find peace in the things that remain constant—one of them being that someone will always try to use taxes to steal money.

Protect your clients from the Form W-2 email phishing scam that has now evolved beyond the corporate world and is spreading to other types of organizations.

The free course from the National Association of Tax Professionals was a joint venture with the IRS and the Federal Trade Commission.

Using your late mother’s Social Security number for fraud, and other highlights of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

What a tax overhaul might look like; owing $.00 to the IRS; tax season security and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The scheme is now spreading to more organizations beyond corporate America, with schools, restaurants, hospitals and tribal groups now being targeted by cybercriminals.

Businesses that never existed, students who never went to school, and other highlights from our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

$24,000 in EITC due diligence fines and other highlights from our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

The Internal Revenue Service, along with state tax authorities and the tax preparation industry, are cautioning businesses to beware of an email phishing scam using a corporate officer’s name asking for employee W-2 forms from payroll and human resources departments at companies.

A congressional staffer faces incarceration every weekend for a year, and a Pittsburgh ice rink that didn’t pay its employment taxes.

The value of different color pens to tax fraudsters, and other highlights from our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

A tax preparer charged with video voyeurism, as well as some more run-of-the-mill false medical and dental expenses in this week’s roundup of (loosely) tax-related cases.

Stealing from Toys for Tots, inflated refunds, Honduran birth certificates and more from our favorite recent cases.

Teaching your nieces to file false returns; thousands of gallons of fake gas purchases; and other highlights of our favorite recent cases.

A roundup of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

Highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week.

The IRS and state tax agencies are warning tax professionals of the continuing threat from cybercriminals.