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IRS Lags in Program to Spot Tax Refund Fraud: Watchdog
WASHINGTON | Mon Aug 26, 2013 6:15pm EDT (Reuters) – The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is lagging in efforts to upgrade a key software program needed to prevent the burgeoning problem of tax refund fraud schemes, the agency’s watchdog said on Monday. Facing an estimated $5 billion a year in…
Identity Theft and the Top 12 Tax Scams of 2013
by Peter O’Dowd Marketplace Morning Report for Monday, April 15, 2013 Every tax season the Internal Revenue Service puts out a list called the "Dirty Dozen" which ranks the worst tax schemes of the year. In 2013, identity theft is the dirtiest of them all. The U.S. Treasury Inspector General…
IRS Told to Do More to Curb Identity Theft Fraud ‘Epidemic’
By Charles S. Clark August 5, 2013 Tax fraud by identity thieves is on the rise, and the Internal Revenue Service should respond by beefing up enforcement and do more to make victims whole, a House panel was told on Friday. The House Oversight and Government Reform operations subcommittee hearing…
7 More Mississippians Indicted for Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud
Jul. 26, 2013 Written by The Clarion-Ledger Seven more Mississippians have been indicted on stolen identity tax refund fraud for allegedly filing tax returns with someone else’s identity in order to get fraudulent refunds. Stolen identity refund fraud occurs when a person, without permission, uses a legitimate taxpayer’s identity to…
Video: Identity Theft and Tax Fraud
August 2, 2013 Parts one and two of the hearing on Identity Theft and Tax Fraud held August 2, 2013 before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Government Operations. Part 1: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/event/222562 Part 2: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/314361-101
IRS exposed Social Security numbers of tens of thousands of political donors
July 9, 2013 The Internal Revenue Service inadvertently exposed the Social Security numbers of tens of thousands of individuals online who donated money to tax-exempt organizations involved in political activities. For reasons of political transparency, the IRS posts information filed by the organizations, which are required to report their contributors…
