Posts Tagged ‘“the Dirty Dozen”’

Avoid Tax Scams: Inflated Income and Expenses

Tuesday, February 28th, 2012

Some taxpayers have a tendency to overstate their income or expenses. The IRS “Dirty Dozen” Tax Scam # 6 – False and Inflated Income and Expenses makes this list annually simply because taxpayers still believe they can get away with it. What many don’t anticipate is that stepped-up IRS scrutiny of their flawed returns will yield not only IRS problems for them but also less money in their pockets as
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IRS Warns of “Dirty Dozen” Tax Scams

Monday, February 20th, 2012

IRS commissioner Doug Schulman announced on Thursday its IRS “Dirty Dozen” List of tax scams and “phishing” expeditions to warn taxpayers about scams that range from identity theft to return preparer fraud. This annual list is meant to provide the most recent advice for consumers to prevent tax problems on a year round basis. However, as tax day draws near, scams and schemes tend to peak as people get their
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