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Taxpayers who have received an audit notice from the Internal Revenue Service might be in luck if there are doubts about their liability or collectability. There are even other exceptional circumstances for the IRS to accept what is called an Offer in Compromise. Lone Star Legal Aid’s Low Income Taxpayer Clinic can help with this! What is an Offer in […]
Tax season may just be getting started, but tax scammers have been hard at work. In fact, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has gotten thousands of complaints about one kind of scammer in particular — IRS imposters. Here’s how they work: scammers posing as IRS officials call and say you owe taxes. They threaten to arrest or deport you, revoke […]
It’s that time of year — tax time. It’s also a great time to get up to speed on tax-related scams. Here are two ways tax scammers might target you and what you can do about it: Tax identity theft This kind of identity theft happens when someone files a fake tax return using your personal information — like your […]