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Some of the best ideas are the most simple. This dawned on me while chatting with a fellow tax pro at a recent networking event (okay, it was a cocktail party, same thing). The two of us spent a few minutes talking about tax fraud and the child tax credit (yes, that?s what tax professionals ...
Criminals have electronically filed thousands of false tax returns with made-up incomes and have received hundreds of millions of dollars in wrongful refunds.
There's a new criminal trend spreading across America and it's producing billions of dollars in profits for the people smart enough to pull it off. People are filing fake tax returns and collecting the checks.
Criminals filing false tax returns with made-up incomes have received hundreds of millions of dollars in refunds, law enforcement officials say.
Dear Action Line: I was expecting an income tax refund but instead got this notice from something called the Financial Management Service saying my refund had been offset by some of my student loan debt. This really sucks! First the student loan people come after me and now even the IRS is involved. - M.R., Tulsa
Hafa adai, armchair politicians! With another round of borrowing to pay for tax refunds and other unpaid obligations, it is time to discuss governmental consolidation and reorganization with a focus on eliminating redundancies and improving efficiency.
MIAMI - Besieged by identity theft, Florida now faces a fast-spreading form of fraud so simple and lucrative that some violent criminals have traded their guns for laptops. And the target is the U.S. Treasury.
Here's another reason to file your tax returns as early as possible: an identity thief might beat you to the money.
The IRS charges interest on an excessive refund it had made in error. Just when I think I can't top the last clueless government story I heard, I hear from people like Jim Brasted and Bonnie Strunk Brasted.
MONROE — A man from Monroe will spend 21 months in prison for defrauding a township business he worked at, according to officials.
A former Shrewsbury dentist was arrested Thursday on federal charges alleging a $20 million Medicaid fraud scheme.
The cost of local government is pressing more heavily than ever on Winston-Salem homeowners as taxpaying tobacco and textile companies give way to the city's new economic drivers — tax-exempt medical groups.
False tax returns cost government billions of dollars
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5 Steps to Maximizing Medical Expense Tax Deduction: New Guide from Zane Benefits (5) Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs), Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) as Vehicles for Medical Expense Tax Deductions A Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) is an employer-funded plan that reimburses employees tax-free for HRA-qualified medical expenses. A Health ...
The Animal House image some fraternities have???and some others may want???should tell you that college fraternities???or sororities for that matter???are rarely known for their tax compliance. In fact, you've probably never??considered taxes and these bastions of educational socializing in the same breath. But even these organizations??need to know something about taxes. That's one take-away ...
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