If you need proof that the IRS is thinking more creatively than ever to catch tax evaders, read this article on how the IRS is mining social media networks like Facebook and Myspace to find people whose profiles reflect more income than their tax returns do.

The IRS is searching for information such as relocation information, professional profiles, and financial bragging updates such as “leaving on a private jet to France.” According to WSJ, “agents in Nebraska collected $2,000 from a deejay after he advertised on his MySpace page that he would be working at a big public party.”

The IRS is truly growing more aggressive: “One agent collected $30,000 of unpaid tax from a resident after a Google search found him listed as a high-ranking local marketing rep for a national firm. If a Google online search isn’t productive, agents use the social sites or chat rooms in a last-chance hunt for their quarries.”-WSJ.

Recently on my guest appearance on the Big Biz Show with Russ and Sully, I cautioned taxpayers from openly publicizing their latest financial victories because you really never know who will read it. After the latest UBS settlement where hundreds of tax cheats were revealed, the IRS realized that social media is another channel in which they can mine to catch tax evaders–most of whom live in America right in the IRS’s back yard.

By giving tax help and talking with the IRS every day, I notice it when certain agents are pulled off a case. In my recent experience, I have realized many IRS agents have been pulled out of the field to be a part of this special social media network “task force” to investigate tax cheats.

This latest IRS trend further proves how desperate and as a result, aggressive, the IRS has grown to collect taxes. It is using any available resource to detect and collect unpaid back taxes from tax evaders. It is a signal to America that the age of creative tax evasion may be coming to an end–or in the very least, it will be much more difficult to evade taxes like the old days.

Learning about what the IRS is doing to chase after unclaimed tax money can be appalling. The important thing to remember is no matter how big or small your tax problems are, there is a tax resolution for you. You do not have to deal with your IRS tax problems alone—many times, getting professional tax help will reduce your IRS penalties and you will have a tax settlement that won’t ruin your financial future.

Listen to the full audio clip of my interview on the Big Biz Show.

Take control of your tax problems today! If you have unfiled tax returns or owe back taxes, my team of expert tax attorneys, CPA, and tax resolution specialists are here to give you the tax help you need. Contact us today for a free consultation. Call us at 866-IRS-PROBLEMS (1-866-477-7762) or visit our website at www.TaxResolution.com

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