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IRS Moving Forward With Private Debt Collection Program

By Amanda Wilson on Mar 9, 2016 in debt collection, fraud, government, identity theft, International, IRS, tax fraud

By: Amanda Wilson IRS Commissioner John Koskinen recently announced that the IRS is moving forward with a program to have private companies enter into contracts to collect tax debts. Commissioner Koskinen expected that the new private debt...

IRS (Temporarily?) Halts IPPIN Application Process

By Amanda Wilson on Mar 8, 2016 in fraud, identity theft, International, IRS, tax fraud

By: Amanda Wilson I have previously written about the IPPIN program that the IRS offers many taxpayers as a way to prevent tax-related identity fraud. For a discussion of this program, please look here. Unfortunately, the IRS has halted the...

Protect Yourself Against Tax Identity Theft

By Amanda Wilson on Feb 25, 2016 in fraud, identity theft, International, IRS, tax fraud

By: Amanda Wilson Last year, I provided information about a program that the IRS offers many taxpayers to help protect against tax identity theft. I'm sharing this article again because this continues to be a huge problem. If you have not gotten an...

Yet Another Tax Scam

By Amanda Wilson on Mar 4, 2015 in Federal Income Tax, fraud, government, identity theft, IRS, medical marijuana, tax scam

By: Amanda Wilson CBS This Morning covered an important story about yet another tax scam. Under this scam, thieves posing as IRS agents call individuals and use scare tactics to frighten the victims into sending money. The threat is that if money is...