IRS urges taxpayers to strengthen data protection as fraud attempts surge ahead of filing season, warning that year-end ...

Question: I received an IRS inquiry form via U.S. mail. They want to know whether I am me. Is this for real? It has to do with the 2023 tax-year filing. Answer: The IRS flags millions of income tax ...

The FBI has issued a warning about a surge in tax-related identity theft, with criminals stealing taxpayer identities to file fraudulent returns and claim refunds. While tax fraud is certainly nothing ...

ROHNERT PARK, Calif. (KGO) -- Imagine filing your tax return and finding out someone else already claimed your refund. It happened to a Rohnert Park mother of two - who was told somebody used her ...

IRS is warning millions of Americans about rising identity theft and tax scams this Christmas. Holiday shopping plus tax ...

Don’t be fooled by a realistic-looking, but phoney Internal Revenue Service website. It’s a phishing scam. The scammers have set up a fake IRS website, supposedly offering tax preparation products.

Thousands of unfortunate taxpayers who are the victims of identity theft are waiting up to nearly two years to receive their federal income tax refunds, according to a report released Wednesday by the ...

The Internal Revenue Service is making progress on whittling down the amount of time it takes to help victims of tax-related identity theft, even as the IRS warns of scammers impersonating its ...

A trio of Democrats on Capitol Hill think that the IRS requirements for identity verification in the Direct File program “created serious access barriers” to filing taxes using the service. Sens.