tax fraud Archives - Federal Direct Tax https://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/tag/tax-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 Liability Reminder https://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/taxpayer-liability-reminder/ Mon, 20 Mar 2023 14:38:57 +0000 https://www.federaldirecttax.com/?p=4927 As a taxpayer, it is important to understand that you are ultimately liable for the information included on your tax return. This means that if there are any mistakes or inaccuracies on your return, you could be held responsible for any resulting penalties or fines. The IRS has a system in place to help ensure […]

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]]> Alert: Watch for Scam/Phishing Emails! https://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/alert-watch-scamphishing-emails/ Thu, 22 Jun 2017 17:01:22 +0000 https://www.federaldirecttax.com/?p=3050 Please be on the alert for fraudulent email messages requesting sensitive personal and business tax information.  These emails can appear to come from many different sources pretending to be the IRS, Federal Direct, State Departments of Revenue, Tax Software Companies, etc.  One such recent IRS tax scam email has been identified as coming from a […]

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]]> IRS May Fine 122,133 Paid Tax Preparers $345 Million in Penalties https://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/irs-may-fine-122133-paid-tax-preparers-345-million-in-penalties/ Fri, 20 Dec 2013 15:38:25 +0000 http://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/?p=1576 Last tax season marked an increasing level of noncompliance by tax preparers with the Internal Revenue Service’s due diligence reporting requirements for the Earned Income Tax Credit, according to a new report reviewing the IRS’s performance during the delayed tax season. The report, from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, found that as of […]

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]]> 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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