The IRS and Security Summit are issuing warnings to tax professionals and individuals to be wary of the various schemes scammers use to obtain business and taxpayer information. While many of these schemes have been around for a while, scammers are becoming more...
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The IRS Hits $1 Billion in Collections of Past Due Taxes from Millionaires!
The Inflation Reduction Act has assisted the IRS in funding programs to identify and collect taxes from high-income earners. The IRS specifically identified 1,600 taxpayers who earn more than $1 million per year and owe the IRS more than $250,000. From these...
IRS Taxpayer Advocate Discusses Pressing Issues Concerning the IRS
In her mid-year report, IRS Taxpayer Advocate, Erin Collins, identified three crucial areas where the IRS needs improvement to facilitate smoother and more efficient processing of returns. First, Ms. Collins emphasized how delays in resolving cases of identity theft...
Southern California CPA Pleads Guilty to Preparing False Tax Returns
A tax return preparer in Southern California pled guilty to operating a tax return preparation business that prepared over 11,000 tax returns, demanding refunds totaling over $38 million from the IRS beginning in 2013. Salvador Gonzalez, owner of Grace’s Lighthouse...
IRS Warns of Scams Targeting Older Adults
Among the different scams individuals potentially face, a new scam is emerging where fraudsters pose as IRS or other government agents to defraud older adults. They use fear and intimidation tactics to convince older adults that they owe taxes or are due a refund....
IRS Warns: Don’t Believe Social Media Tax Advice
The IRS is encouraging taxpayers to ignore tax advice on social media in the wake of individuals falling for scams that claimed to get them a large refund. These scams are generally related to encouraging taxpayers to claim one of three specific tax credits that they...
IRS releases 2023 Data Book describing agency’s transformation through statistics
The Results Are In! The IRS issued its annual Data Book with numerical data on a variety of topics related to tax assessments, collections, audits, and criminal cases. For the 2023 fiscal year, the IRS collected about $4.7 trillion, which represents 96% of the total...
Over $1 Billion Due to Taxpayers for 2020 and the Deadline to File is May 17, 2024
The IRS is encouraging taxpayers who haven’t filed their 2020 tax returns to file by the May 17, 2024, deadline, otherwise, they risk not receiving their refund. According to the IRS’ estimate, over $1 billion in refunds are due to the United States taxpayers who have...
TIGTA REVIEWS THE IRS’ GHOST EMPLOYER PROJECT
Ghost Employers are those nefarious employers who withhold payroll taxes from their employees’ paychecks but fail to submit the withheld payroll taxes to the IRS as required. These employers are dubbed Ghost Employers and use the funds instead for their company or for...
Online Options for Paying Taxes and Payment Plans
The IRS has several online options to assist taxpayers with timely payments to reduce or eliminate late fees and penalties. Once the taxpayer creates an online account through the IRS’ online portal, the taxpayer can choose among options to pay including Direct Pay,...
