Preparer Fraud Archives - Federal Direct Tax https://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/tag/preparer-fraud/ Helping Individuals & Businesses Enter The Tax Preparation Industry Thu, 21 Dec 2023 09:48:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Taxpayer Protection and Preparer Fraud Prevention Act of 2013 https://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/taxpayer-protection-and-preparer-fraud-prevention-act-of-2013/ Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:06:54 +0000 http://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/?p=1376 Over the past few years we’ve seen the number of cases of fraud go from an occurrence that happened to “someone we know” to something that you can’t avoid reading or hearing about. It’s happening to hundreds of thousands of people in many different forms, but one of the most common forms in the tax […]

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]]> IRS Identity Protection PIN https://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/irs-identity-protection-pin/ Wed, 17 Oct 2012 21:12:30 +0000 http://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/?p=1136 The IRS is expanding the number of taxpayers who will receive an Identity Protection Pin (IP PIN) for the upcoming season. All taxpayers that have had an identity theft indicator applied to their IRS tax account will receive an IP PIN that must be included on their 2012 Federal income tax return. This means that […]

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]]> Bruce Grant in Serious Hot Water in Chicago https://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/bruce-grant-in-serious-hot-water-in-chicago/ Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:59:08 +0000 http://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/?p=1006 I’ve begun so many stories of fraud the same way, “it’s a story we’ve come to know so well.”  I’m tired of all this fraud. I don’t know if it just seems that so many “big fish” have been caught lately, or the IRS is really cracking down, but I am, firstly, saddened by the […]

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]]> Reminder: Webinar Tonight Covering Tax Related Identity Theft https://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/reminder-webinar-tonight-covering-tax-related-identity-theft/ Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:56:49 +0000 http://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/?p=995 If you have not yet signed up for tonight’s webinar be sure to do so quickly.  This evenings continuing education live webinar will be covering tax related identity theft.  Space is limited.  You can sign up by clicking here: Tax Related Identity Theft For those who have signed up for a continuing education package, this […]

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]]> Tax Related Identity Theft Could Create More Delays in Refunds Next Year https://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/tax-related-identity-theft-could-create-more-delays-in-refunds-next-year/ Wed, 25 Jul 2012 17:51:37 +0000 http://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/?p=975 As a society of people, a community of neighbors and friends, we work together to prevent crime and fraud, but we’ve got to hand it them, criminals are getting smarter possibly faster than we are able to prevent it.  From fake tax-filing websites that claim to be free, which are really just a ploy to […]

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