Saturday, February 9, 2013

IRS delays issuing tax refunds; fiscal cliff to blame?

Lauren Lewis was expecting a substantial refund when she filed her income-tax return last month. Instead, the Casselberry woman got some jarring news: Someone else already had submitted a return in her name. Now, like hundreds of other taxpayers in

Just in time for tax season, the Internal Revenue Service has fired some warning shots, as it were, to let any potential identity thieves out there no it will not tolerate refund fraud. The agency announced today that it conducted a

A year-long nationwide focus on tax refund fraud and identity theft by the Internal Revenue Service has resulted in more than 100 arrests in 32 states and Puerto Rico. The effort included 109 arrests, 189 indictments, informations and complaints, as

Today, the agency announced it conducted a 32-state sweep in recent weeks that targeted 389 identity theft suspects and led to 734 enforcement actions — from complaints to indictments and arrests — in January. It had help from the Department of

An Oregon man has filed a lawsuit against an IRS agent with whom he had sex, claiming he was coerced into the relationship because the woman showed up at his door "provocatively attired" and threatened him with a tax

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