There’s never an off-season when it comes to scammers and thieves who want to trick people into scamming them out of money, stealing their personal information, or talking them into engaging in questionable behavior with their taxes. While scam attempts typically peak during tax season, taxpayers need to remain vigilant all year long. As such,…
Reminder: Protect Yourself From Scammers Understanding how the IRS communicates can help taxpayers protect themselves from scammers who pretend to be from the IRS with the goal of stealing personal information. For example, the IRS typically does not call a taxpayer, but if the IRS does call, it should not be a surprise because the…
Employees Working Remotely Can Increase Your Fraud Risk Between 2008 and 2020, remote work has grown 159%. When employees are working remotely, it’s harder to detect and prevent all types of fraud. An unsupervised work environment is ideal for some fraud schemes in particular. This article details four of those fraud schemes and how to…
Employees Working Remotely Can Increase Your Fraud Risk Between 2008 and 2020, remote work has grown 159%. When employees are working remotely, it’s harder to detect and prevent all types of fraud. An unsupervised work environment is ideal for some fraud schemes in particular, though. This article details four of those fraud schemes and how to…
Unemployment Benefits Identity Theft Scam Alert During 2020, millions of taxpayers were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic through job loss or reduced work hours. Some taxpayers who faced unemployment or reduced work hours applied for and received unemployment compensation from their state. As a reminder, unemployment benefits are taxable income and must be reported on…
Unemployment Fraud Continues to Thrive Unemployment fraud has been running rampant since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and the number of fraudulent claims continues to grow at an alarming pace. There are many consequences when a fraudulent unemployment claim is filed including: 1099-G forms sent to the victims of the fraud, creating a false…