Income tax fraud

If You See Something, Say Something – Fraud Edition

The well-known Department of Homeland Security campaign “If You See Something, Say Something™” seeks to educate the public about the indicators of terrorism and encourage individuals to report suspicious activity to law enforcement. While not as eminently dangerous, the current epidemic of fraud, waste and abuse in our state hurts all taxpayers and is only getting worse. One way to …

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Has Someone Beat You to Your Tax Refund?

Tax refund fraud has increased over 500% from 2011 to 2013 How does it happen? Criminals across the country are electronically filing millions of fraudulent tax returns using stolen identities and EFINs (Electronic Filing Identification Number) to the tune of billions of dollars in fraudulent refunds paid by the IRS. Fraudsters use fictional data, including W-2 wages, to produce refunds …

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