{"id":8,"date":"2017-07-11T11:17:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T11:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/irs-form-1099\/post\/2017\/07\/11\/irs-warns-taxpayers-to-observe-summertime-scams.aspx"},"modified":"2024-11-15T09:38:56","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T09:38:56","slug":"irs-warns-taxpayers-to-observe-summertime-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tax2efile.com\/blog\/irs-warns-taxpayers-to-observe-summertime-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"IRS Warns Taxpayers to know about Summertime Scams in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: medium;\">During the past tax filing season, most taxpayers received tax tips in their email inboxes directly. Those tax-filing tips helped the tax filers to get tax-related information and helped to file their tax returns appropriately. As the taxes are year-round for most of the taxpayers out there, many taxable scenarios also arise during the summertime. Hence, the Internal Revenue Service provides a summertime tips program starting from July 3<sup>rd<\/sup>, 2017.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: medium;\">The IRS wants the <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: medium;\">taxpayers to sign u<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">p<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: medium;\"> for the email service so that they can get the basic information and clarification on their taxes. It also lets the tax filers learn about the tax complications of events, which occur more often during the summertime.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_76 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\r\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\r\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\r\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\r\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"#\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.tax2efile.com\/blog\/irs-warns-taxpayers-to-observe-summertime-scams\/#Summertime_Tax_Tip_Topics\" >Summertime Tax Tip Topics<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"#\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.tax2efile.com\/blog\/irs-warns-taxpayers-to-observe-summertime-scams\/#IRS_Warns_About_Summer_Time_Tips\" >IRS Warns \u00a0About Summer Time Tips\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"#\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.tax2efile.com\/blog\/irs-warns-taxpayers-to-observe-summertime-scams\/#How_to_Ensure_it_is_a_Call_from_the_IRS\" >How to Ensure it is a Call from the IRS?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Summertime_Tax_Tip_Topics\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: x-large;\">Summertime Tax Tip Topics<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: medium;\">A few of the Summertime Tax Tip topics that are offered by the IRS in this tax season 2017 -18 include the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\" style=\"margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: medium;\"><!-- [if !supportLists]-->1.<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><!--[endif]-->Beware of the tax scams as those tax scams do not take vacations. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: medium;\"><!-- [if !supportLists]-->2.<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><!--[endif]-->Teens and their summer part-time jobs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: medium;\"><!-- [if !supportLists]-->3.<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><!--[endif]-->Tax implications on vacation home rentals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: medium; text-indent: -0.25in;\">4.<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: medium; text-indent: -0.25in;\">Tax implications that you need to know before getting married.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; vertical-align: baseline; padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: medium;\"><!-- [if !supportLists]-->5.<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><!--[endif]-->IRS notices \u2013 What you could receive in the mail from the IRS<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast\" style=\"margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; tab-stops: 69.65pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: medium;\">Those IRS tax tips that are sent through the email service are available in both English and Spanish. The provided tax tips are new and they hit the email inboxes every three times a week during the month of July and August. The subscribers are also entitled to receive the tax tip every day of the week during the tax filing season and issue special edition tax tips throughout the year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: medium;\">The summer tax tips are more helpful to the tax files as they come in plain language and importantly it covers a wide range of essential topics that are related to taxes. Among the tax tips, the IRS warns taxpayers in this summer tax filing season to watch for tax scams.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"IRS_Warns_About_Summer_Time_Tips\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: large;\">IRS Warns \u00a0About Summer Time Tips\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: medium;\">Recently the Internal Revenue Service issued a warning related to tax fraud, which is continuing across the nation even though most of the tax filing is completed by the taxpayers. In spite of those conditions, people need to remain on alert to the emerging schemes that are involved in the tax system. Discussing a few of the swindles from which the people need to keep away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Robo-call Messages:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: medium;\">Remember that the IRS never calls and leaves a prerecorded message for a callback. In this case, the scammers warn the persons that if they do not call back, they will issue a warrant against the victim. If a person attends the call, then he\/ she will be asked to make an immediate payment either by debit card or through wire transfer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Private Debt Collection Scams:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: medium;\">Recently the IRS started to send emails directly to the small group of taxpayers whose overdue tax accounts are assigned to private sector collection agencies. Hence the taxpayers must be alert for the scammers who are posing as private collection firms. The IRS-authorized firms will call about a tax debt the person has had.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: medium;\"><strong>EFTPS scam:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: medium;\">Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS) linked scam is a new way that scammers do in recent times. In this case, the scammers call and demand an immediate payment. The caller also adds that he\/she is associated with the IRS and says that letters mailed to the taxpayer were returned to the IRS as undelivered. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: medium;\">Finally, the scammer threatens the victim with arrest if the payment is not made immediately. And the victims are told that the debit card is linked to the EFTPS, which is controlled by the scammer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Scams Targeting a Specific Sector of People:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: medium;\">Persons with limited English proficiency are the recent target of the phone scams that continue to occur across the country. Here the con artists converse with the victims in their native language and threaten them with police arrest, deportation, and license revocation among other things. The scammer warns the victim to pay the tax amount promptly else they need to face the consequences.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Ensure_it_is_a_Call_from_the_IRS\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: medium;\">How to Ensure it is a Call from the IRS?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: medium;\">The IRS contacts the people through regular mail delivered by the United States Postal Service. In a few cases, the IRS will connect you via call or come to the home in the following circumstances:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>\u00b7<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: medium; text-indent: -0.25in;\">When the person has an overdue tax bill.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u00b7<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: medium; text-indent: -0.25in;\">When there is a need to secure a delinquent tax return or employee tax payment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u00b7<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: medium; text-indent: -0.25in;\">Auditing the business as a tour or<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u00b7<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: medium; text-indent: -0.25in;\">At the time of criminal investigations.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: medium;\">So stay away from the tax scams and be alerted. If you have experienced or received a scam call, ensure to report them to the concerned department in IRS.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the past tax filing season, most taxpayers received tax tips in their email inboxes directly. Those tax-filing tips helped the tax filers to get tax-related information and helped to file their tax returns appropriately. As the taxes are year-round for most of the taxpayers out there, many taxable scenarios also arise during the summertime. 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