IRS: Watch Out For These Income Tax Scams


NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — As the tax season kicks off this year, the IRS is keeping an eye out for scam artists who steal identities, lie about charitable donations and hide income in offshore accounts, among other abuses.

In an interview with TheDC on Monday, Craig Parshall, the senior vice president and general counsel of the NRB, said he is “deeply disturbed” by the report and said the group welcomes the Internal Revenue Service looking into whether these activities

IRS announced its 2012 “Dirty Dozen” List of tax scams and “phishing” expeditions warning of scams that range from identity theft to return preparer fraud.

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