A new year is upon us and that means the tax filing season has begun. For those who have employees you know that W-2s must be issued by January 31.The W-2 contains information regarding your employees which is greatly coveted by identity thieves. The IRS is warning small businesses about a new scam ...

           Although tax scammers are active year round, the end of the tax filing season seems to be a “high season” for them. The IRS has issued an alert for a new twist on the old phone scam.            By now just about everyone has received at least one phone call from [&hel...

While we are all enjoying our summer vacations, it appears that scammers never rest. The IRS has announced that even though tax filing season is over for most, taxpayers should be on the lookout for “summertime scams”. Some of these are variations of prior scams, but it never hurts to be reminde...

By now you should have heard that the IRS will never call or e-mail you demanding payment for a tax bill and threatening jail. It seems the scammers have finessed their scheme. They are now e-mailing fraudulent IRS notices (IRS Letter CP 2000) to unsuspecting taxpayers. At first glance the notice ma...