Inflated Refund Claims Remain on the IRS “Dirty Dozen” List of Tax Scams for the 2015 Filing Season

[Elrod]

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today warned taxpayers to be on the lookout for unscrupulous tax return preparers pushing inflated tax refund claims. This scam remains on the annual list of tax scams known as the “Dirty Dozen” for the 2015 filing season.

 

http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/Inflated-Refund-Claims-Remain-on-the-IRS-Dirty-Dozen-List-of-Tax-Scams-for-the-2015-Filing-Season

[kcjenkins]

And it always will be on that list, because, while it's hard to con an honest person, it's easy to appeal to people's greed.  

[FreedomTaxed]

If the IRS would actually do the job that the PTIN system implies, this wouldn't be much of a problem.

[easytax]

If the IRS would actually do the job that the PTIN system implies, this wouldn't be much of a problem.

 

Additionally --- if the IRS was allowed to do things in a sensible way ---  receive data from employers, etc. up to end of January or February --- with the employees receiving there data by say mid-March or April with tax filings from "we the people" April/May through June or July so everything could be matched --- there would be a LOT LESS SCAMING from all and thusly, less money lost.

 

Of course also have Congress mandated to have all changes for tax issues done and TOTALLY decided by the previous June --OR nothing takes effect until the following June (which means the following tax year too).

 

Of course, common sense as mentioned by you with the PTIN system and the above seems to be NOT AVAILABLE to our elected leaders (NOT Political, as both parties seem to be at fault).

 

By the way --- from my law enforcement days (applies to POLITICIANS too) -- there is profit in confusion!

[Lion EA]

Agree with everything Easy said -- except new laws taking effect in June or any partial year.  Remember the years when we had two mileage rates during one calendar year?  When I'm king of the world, all tax laws will take effect 1 January, but as Easy said, at least six months after voted and final.