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Tax-related identity theft and Cybersecurity
Tax-related identity theft continues to have significant impact on both the IRS and on victims of this crime. Identity theft for the purpose of tax fraud occurs when an individual uses another person’s name and Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), generally a Social Security Number, to file a fraudulent tax return…
Taxpayer Guide to Tax-Related Identity Theft
As a service to taxpayers and readers of our website CFEG has put together a Taxpayer Guide to Tax-Related Identity Theft. In this guide you will find information which is helpful whether or not you are a victim of Tax-Related Identity Theft. The guide contains information directly from the IRS’s…
TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION
Review of the Enterprise E-Mail System Acquisition September 30, 2016 CFEG reports that the Treasury Inspector General For Tax Administration issued a report on September 30, 2016 pertaining to its audit of the Enterprise E-mail System Acquisition. TIGTA did this audit to determine whether the IRS properly procured a new…
IRS and Security Summit Partners Warn of Fake Tax Bill Emails
CFEG reports that the IRS and its Security Partners on September 22, 2016 issued an alert to taxpayers to be on the look out for fake tax bills related to the Affordable Care Act. Scammers are sending a fraudulent version of CP2000 notices for tax year 2015. The scam involves…
CFEG Warns That Taxpayers Should Be On The Look Out For Fake Emails Purporting to Contain an IRS Tax Bill Related to the Affordable Care Act
CFEG reports that on September 22, 2016 the IRS and Security Summit partners issued an alert to taxpayers and tax professionals to be on guard against fake emails purporting to contain an IRS tax bill related to the Affordable Care Act. The IRS has received numerous reports around the…
Convictions and pleas
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) was established under the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 to provide independent oversight of IRS activities. TIGTA promotes the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the administration of the internal revenue laws. It is also committed to the prevention and detection…
IRS’s Top 10 Identity Theft Prosecutions: Criminal Investigation Continues Efforts to Halt Refund Fraud
CFEG reports that as part of the continued crackdown on refund fraud and identity theft, the Internal Revenue Service released on March 21, 2016 the Top 10 Identity Theft Prosecutions for Fiscal Year 2015. These prosecutions are part of the wide-ranging strategy to combat refund fraud and assist taxpayers through…
Government Accountability Office
CFEG reports that the Government Accountability Office has provided anyone who suspects fraud, waste, abuse, or mismanagement of federal funds, with a resource tool called FraudNet to report this type of activity to federal authorities. FraudNet refers allegations to federal, state, and local law enforcement, and Offices of Inspector General,…
National Taxpayer Advocate’s Report
CFEG reports that on July 7, 2016 the National Taxpayer Advocate (Nina E. Olson) released her statutorily mandated mid-year report to Congress that contains extended excerpts from her ongoing Public Forums on Taxpayer Needs and Preferences, presents a review of the 2016 filing season, and identifies the priority issues the…
Processes Are Not Sufficient to Assist Victims of Employment-Related Identity Theft
August 10, 2016 CFEG reports that the Treasury Inspector General For Tax Administration (TIGTA) issued a report on August 10, 2016 finding that the IRS does not have sufficient procedures in place to timely alert taxpayers when the IRS becomes aware that their identity was stolen. TIGTA reported that employment-related…
Identity Theft and Tax Fraud IRS
CFEG reports that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released its May 2016 report on Identity Theft and Tax Fraud. GAO found that the IRS paid $3.1 billion in fraudulent identity theft tax refunds in 2014. However, because of the difficulties in knowing the amount of undetected fraud the actual…
Income credit claims will continue to go unaddressed each year
TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION WITHOUT EXPANDED ERROR CORRECTION AUTHORITY, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN IDENTIFIED POTENTIALLY ERRONEOUS EARNED INCOME CREDIT CLAIMS WILL CONTINUE TO GO UNADDRESSED EACH YEAR Final Report issued on April 27, 2016 CFEG reports that the Treasury Inspector General For Tax Administration (TIGTA) issued a final…
