Protect Your Clients; Protect Yourself From Scams

The IRS and Security Summit partners have launched the 2025 summer Protect Your Clients; Protect Yourself campaign to help tax professionals combat tax-related identity theft. Now in its tenth year, the campaign, part of the broader Security Summit initiative...

Scams Targeting Seniors

IRS Warns Against Scams Targeting Seniors As part of continuing efforts to protect the senior community, the IRS issued a warning about the rising threat of impersonation scams. These scams target older adults by pretending to be government officials and aiming to...

IRS Dirty Dozen Is Back

Scammers use every trick in their communication arsenal to steal your identity, personal financial information, money, and more. Suspicious communications in all its forms designed to either trick, surprise or scare someone into responding before thinking is No. 7 on...

New Version Out of SSN Scam

Taxpayers should be on the lookout for new variations of tax-related scams. In the latest twist on a scam related to Social Security numbers, scammers claim to be able to suspend or cancel the victim’s SSN. It’s yet another attempt by con artists to frighten people...