Former IRS Worker Guilty of Fraud and Identity Theft
The individual, who was a tax preparer and, at times, an IRS employee, was convicted of several counts of fraud and identity theft.
The individual, who was a tax preparer and, at times, an IRS employee, was convicted of several counts of fraud and identity theft.
Federal agents have arrested five people who are facing charges of impersonating IRS agents in scams that have persisted for more than three years. Victims lost more than $2 million and were contacted by phone and told they owed back taxes or other fees.
No doubt, 2016 will be the most challenging year-end season in a long time. With all W-2 forms due to the Social Security Administration (SSA) by Jan. 31, 2017, and the ability to request only one for-cause filing extension from the IRS, the ...
TIGTA initiated this audit because an IRS employee reported to the TIGTA Office of Investigations that the IRS was not working some taxpayer cases in which refunds were held. The Office of Investigations identified that the IRS did not timely address ...
TIGTA found that the IRS recognizes continued efforts are needed to develop and implement systemic processes to detect identity theft. To date, the IRS has taken actions that include defining business identity theft, creating procedures for IRS ...
In a new report released by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), the IRS has been sharply criticized for failing to update the Windows operating system on its computers in a timely fashion. The foul-up exposed sensitive ...
TIGTA continues to receive reports of thousands of contacts every month in which individuals make unsolicited calls to taxpayers fraudulently claiming to be IRS officials and demanding that they send them cash via prepaid debit cards, he said.
An Office of Management and Budget mandate required the IRS to eliminate the unnecessary use of SSNs by March 2009. However, the IRS suspended work on the forms, letters, and systems components of its SSN Elimination and Reduction Program in ...