Scams

Tax relief scams have been rocking the country since decades. Recently, tax fraud of many top tax companies made headlines. Top tax relief companies namely Tax Masters, J.K. Harris, American Tax Relief, Roni Deutch and Tax Relief ASAP were found to be deep in tax relief scams.The fraud of scam tax companies was discovered through…

Most American taxpayers take outside help in resolving their tax issues. Tax relief scams therefore is big business. Although most tax resolution companies and tax professionals are honest, there are some that run tax scams behind the mask of tax relief services. Therefore, taxpayers need to make sure that they stay protected from fraudulent businesses.Tax…

Tax fraud in the name of tax resolution services was unexpected until top tax resolution companies were found to be deep in tax scams. American Tax Relief was one such big name that was sued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for cheating American taxpayers off $60 million.American Tax Relief’s tax scam ran deep. The…

Scammers are looking to make big money through easy methods of deceiving people. Fraud in tax is just that. Numerous multi-million tax scams have been unearthed in the recent past. Fraud in tax refunds, phishing, identity theft, fraud by tax resolution companies and tax evasion has made headlines and are keeping law enforcement agencies busy.Today,…

Tax fraud is growing more common everyday. This year the IRS received more than a million false tax returns, 72% up from the previous year. Filing false tax returns for extracting big refunds from the IRS is not a new trick for scammers; it is the one that is easiest to operate. Anybody with a…

Attempting to steal the identities of taxpayers to file false returns and claim huge refunds is a tax crime most taxpayers will encounter during tax season. Identity theft efforts are made both online and offline by identity thieves.Tax frauds use fake websites and unsolicited emails that are exact replicas original IRS and financial institutions to…

Identity theft is being conducted not only by gangs, but by seemingly unlikely people, such as store owners. A Washington D.C. barbershop owner was found guilty conducting an elaborate identity theft and tax fraud scheme. He and his accomplices stole the tax identities of deceased taxpayers, drug addicts, and others to file more than 7,000…

“The queen of the IRS tax fraud,” Rashia Wilson, was found to have filed 220 false tax returns during 2009 to 2012. She received $1.3 million in false refunds from the IRS. With time, she grew so confident that she even posted a picture of herself on Facebook with bundles of cash and brazenly called…

A report by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Inspector General for tax administration says tax fraud of false tax returns filed by prison inmates have more than doubled in the last two years. In 2012, the IRS detected more than 173,000 false tax returns filed by prison inmates. In that same year, the IRS stopped prison…

The IRS gets fraudulent tax returns from prison inmates every year, and it’s not in the hundreds, but thousands. In 2012, the IRS spotted more than 173,000 fraudulent tax returns from prison inmates. That number has doubled in the last two years. A report released by the US Treasury Department’s Inspector General for tax administration…