identity theft

Everyone Should Know the Facts About How the IRS Communicates With Taxpayers

Knowledge is a taxpayer’s first line of defense against scammers who pretend to be from the IRS with the goal of stealing personal information. Here are some facts about how the IRS communicates with taxpayers:

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Avoiding Scams When Donating After a Disaster

Hopefully, you were not impacted by the recent Hurricane Ian and are safe and sound.  But, there are thousands of individuals who may have lost their entire life’s accumulation.  And, being the kind-hearted person you are, you want to donate funds to help these unfortunate individuals.  In the world we live in today, criminals take […]

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An Overview of the IRS’s 2022 Dirty Dozen Tax Scams

(Straight from the IRS) Compiled annually, the Dirty Dozen lists a variety of common scams that taxpayers can encounter anytime. The IRS warns taxpayers, tax professionals and financial institutions to beware of these scams. This year’s list is divided into five groups. Here’s an overview of the top twelve tax scams of 2022. Potentially abusive […]

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Owe Money to the IRS?  Reduce Your Debt for Pennies on the Dollar

Who hasn’t seen these ads on television claiming that if you owe taxes, the advertiser can settle your debt for pennies on the dollar. Do you believe these ads to be valid? Every year, the IRS publishes their DIRTY DOZEN list which is basically a list of the top 12 scams with regard to taxes.  […]

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Protecting Your Personal Information

There has recently been a story in Philadelphia regarding the theft of information from a person while hospitalized.  The end result was not pleasant with the theft of money from the hospitalized person’s assets. Stop and think for a minute – you go to the hospital – whether in anticipation of being an inpatient or […]

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Should You Obtain An IP PIN?

An IP PIN, you ask – what is it?  Well, it is an Identity Protection PIN which prevents the filing of a tax return using your Social Security Number by someone other than you.  These PINs have been around for several years but were issued only when someone had fraudulent activity on their account or […]

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IRS Urges Caution With Email, Social Media And Phones

The Internal Revenue Service continues in its fight against cyber criminals and is constantly finding new ways that these criminals are obtaining information.  There is no limit to the means in which crimes can occur.  Whether through a telephone call, text message or email, the con artist tries to convince the recipient that they need […]

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Did You Know That Your Phone Can Be Hijacked?

Yep, your cell phone can easily be hijacked – taken over by criminals.  And, this isn’t just phone calls, but EVERYTHING on your phone – emails, bank information, photos, etc., Everything is vulnerable.  So, what do you have on your phone?  Anything that is sensitive?  With information available online, it is not difficult to get […]

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Robocalls – How to Recognize Them

IRS scams and phishing, identity theft, this scam, that scam — What’s This World Coming To? Scammers are creative.  Must be nice not to have anything else to do but come up with new ploys to intimidate and steal from law-abiding citizens.  The elderly are particularly vulnerable in these ploys and so easily fall prey […]

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