IRS Alert - Fake Tax Bills

On September 22, 2016, the IRS issued an alert warning taxpayers to be on guard for fake emails purporting to contain an IRS tax bill related to the Affordable Care Act (ACA).  The email attachment is usually an IRS Notice CP2000.  The fraudulent email and IRS Notice CP2000 usually have the following...

2017 Tax Refund Delays Expected

The IRS is sounding the alarm that certain taxpayers may experience delays in receiving refunds associated with the filing of their 2016 tax returns.  

Those individuals who are claiming the Earned Income Tax Credit and/or the Additional Child Tax Credit will likely experience a delay in the receipt of their refunds especially if they file early in the season.  New laws...

Back To School Federal Student Tax Scam

Beware of Back to School Phone Scams

The IRS has issued a warning to parents and students that scammers are engaging in a new telephone tax scam. The scammers call the parents and/or the student and make a demand for the immediate payment of non-exisent taxes such as a "Federal Student Tax".  The scammers threaten to report the...