A North Carolina woman lost $600,000 in a pig-butchering scam and later received a $225,000 tax bill from the IRS.

The IRS handled 600 million online inquiries last year as it prepares to launch a mobile app combining refund tracking and ...

The federal government loses as much as $304 billion a year to tax fraud, and the IRS has no agency-wide strategy for stopping it, congressional auditors said in a report Friday. The Government ...

GAO finds the IRS has no agency-wide antifraud strategy after pegging yearly tax-fraud losses at 2% to 6% of taxes owed, up ...

Lori Flowers forked over $600,000 to scammers in a pig-butchering scheme, drawing much of the money from her 401(k). Then ...

The federal government lost as high as $304 billion annually to tax fraud over a seven-year period, a watchdog found Friday.

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Tax Day is nearly here, and with it comes tax scams. The U.S. Congressional Joint Economic Committee has issued a scam alert, with less than a week to go until the tax filing deadline. The warning is, ...

Fraud now operates like a professional, tech-driven industry targeting small businesses with phishing, fake credits and data theft. SMBs typically have limited staff, reliance on advisors and weak ...

GREGG COUNTY, Texas (KETK) — Two former tax preparers in Gregg County pleaded guilty on Wednesday to tax fraud. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Eastern District of Texas, Antwon Sadler ...

The Internal Revenue Service issued a warning about promoters selling fraudulent "Tribal Tax Credits" that don't actually ...

Every year, as tax season approaches, scammers come out of the woodwork to take advantage of American taxpayers. And this year is no different. The IRS just released its annual “Dirty Dozen” list of ...