Whether you’ve already started your taxes or don’t plan to think about them until April, make sure you know the signs of a ...

Scammers will try to scare you with a fake IRS badge number and threaten arrest if you don't pay immediately. Please don’t buy it! If you owe taxes, you will get a letter with a unique ID and a ...

"So, what we're finding in our scam tracker is that people are going online looking for a tax preparer, and people are telling them, hey, I'm a tax preparer, and they're losing th ...

The IRS will contact you by mail first, not by phone or email. Do not be deceived by caller ID, badge numbers, logos, or official-sounding language. Be wary if the caller is pushy. The real IRS ...

Creating the account does take extra work. The IRS requires you to have an account with ID.me to access the online account relating to taxes. To get started, you'd need your photo identification — ...

The six-digit number is known only by the taxpayer and the IRS and keeps thieves from filing a return using that person’s Social Security number or individual taxpayer identification number.