Tax refunds are coming in smaller this year, and the drop may be due to certain family tax credits haven’t been delivered yet. The IRS reported that the average refund amount via direct deposit ...

SO I WENT IN TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING ON, BUT WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD NEED TO LEAVE AND SPEAK TO SOMEONE IN THE IRS COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. IT WAS A SIMILAR SCENE IN STOCKTON.

As a result, many people (41%) are second-guessing real tax communications. In fact, more than half of people say the tax scam messages they’ve received this year are more sophisticated or ...

Nearly 1 in 4 Americans (23%) say they or someone they know has lost money to a tax scam. Close to half (48%) of people have received a fake IRS message via text, email, social media, or phone ...

IRS communications senior adviser, in a press release announcing the IRS’ annual Dirty Dozen tax scams. Here are five tax scams to watch out for, and tips to avoid them. Phishing is alive and ...

Watch your mailboxes and check your bank accounts: IRS refunds can be issued as early as February 18. However, most federal tax refunds take longer. The average federal tax refund was around $ ...

Talk of probationary workers, layoffs and cutbacks may be new, but one annual constant continues this season: tax scams. The Internal Revenue Service says that from email schemes to misleading tax ...

Talk of probationary workers, layoffs and cutbacks may be new, but one annual constant continues this season: tax scams. The Internal Revenue Service says that from email schemes to misleading tax ...

President Donald Trump’s attempt to hollow out the IRS workforce revealed a major flaw. Who’s going to process millions of tax returns in their absence? The Trump administration fired ...

including tax professionals and official IRS communications. According to the IRS, scammers are also targeting the IRS Individual Online Account, offering third-party services to steal personal ...