Tax scams

The Internal Revenue Service issued a warning Thursday cautioning taxpayers and tax professionals about a new scam revolving around the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System, in which criminals are calling innocent taxpayers demanding they make an immediate tax payment through a prepaid debit card.

Cigars and nose jobs; ‘training’ to manipulate numbers; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Deep trouble for Deepwater scam; $6K in false HSH income; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

More than $1 million bilked in state taxes; dead wrongs; life goes on (trial); and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration has concerns about the Internal Revenue Service’s recently revived private debt collection program in light of the ongoing problem of scammers pretending to be IRS employees calling taxpayers to demand bogus tax debts be paid immediately.

More expenses than wages; fake medical, education deductions; stealing from the elderly and veterans; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

IRS experience is no shield from jail; $6 million in bogus deductions; ignoring injunctions; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Preparer, politician, prisoner; fake losses and deductions; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Fake financial instruments, 26 states and $9 million, and other highlights of recent tax cases.

"You must pay your taxes immediately, or else," an ominous voice on the other line says before demanding a credit-card number. Most Americans roll their eyes and hang up on these scam calls, but thousands have fallen victim, and millennials are more susceptible than older generations, a new study finds.

False losses claimed; kids’ IDs for sale; ‘lavish lifestyle’ becomes eight months in jail; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Maryland red lights more preparers; gambling with ill-gotten gains; deli defrauding; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

As Tax Day looms near, cybercriminals will be making a strong push down the final stretch.

The home stretch of tax season will see fraudsters’ biggest push – but cybersecurity expert Kevin O’Brien says that taxpayers and tax professionals accountants will still need to protect themselves after that.

Creative parking violations; scams at day care; “additional” cash fees; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

A new report from IBM’s security research group sheds light on how tax scam emails are proliferating.

Repeat-offender preparer pleads guilty; false filing among many charges in $3 million fraud; Belize accounts; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Inflating and stealing refunds, three sentenced for faking Scheduled C figures; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

An ITS preparer sentenced, an injunction for ‘serial tax fraud,’ and other highlights of recent cases.

Tax attorneys who didn’t file, 19 suspended preparers in Maryland, and other highlights of recent tax fraud cases.