The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is warning taxpayers and tax professionals to be on the lookout for emerging scams and protect sensitive information as the filing season approaches. The IRS ...

The third scam alert is for tax professionals, who the IRS says should be alert for "new and evolving" schemes. There are several ways the IRS says people are trying to steal personal information.

The Internal Revenue Service and its Security Summit partners are renewing warnings to tax professionals about new and ...

T he Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has once again issued its annual Dirty Dozen list, a crucial alert for taxpayers about the most common tax scams in 2025. These scams, which range from ...

For the complete list of 12 scams to look out for in the 2025 tax season, and a baker’s dozen item, head over to the IRS website. Tax tips for filing in 2025 Tax season has begun.

The new IRS scam alert To understand the new IRS scam, let’s first examine what it’s based on. The IRS has been sending out COVID-19 stimulus payments worth up to $1,400 to around 1 million ...

As we're working our way through tax season, it's important to realize that tax scams aren't just limited to those phony IRS calls that claim you owed the government a lot of money. The crooks use ...

The IRS takes tax fraud and scams seriously and does its best to warn us. ... Request that the major credit bureaus put a "fraud alert" on your record, and contact the IRS at 1-800-908-4490. 3.

A new scam alert has been issued by the Internal Revenue Service where a letter informs you about a tax refund that you haven’t claimed yet. Here are 4 red flags to look out for.

An IRS spokesperson also told VERIFY the phone message about Alert 1019 has some of the characteristics they often see with tax-related scams. If a call comes from the IRS, it would clearly say so ...