ASTPS video on tax scams - good info!

[joanmcq]

I received this video link in my email yesterday and it discusses some of the various IRS scams that are going around right now, even one I hadn't heard of yet.  only 20 minutes long. 

http://www.astps.org/irs-scams/?inf_contact_key=0a8187a3fb1b901da0f74ca7b671f1694caa3637d881123634e778b7fc1f8218

If you don't trust links, you should be able to find it on astps.org.

Edited May 6, 2016 by jklcpa
fixed the title

[Roberts]

Are you a member of ASTPS (your headline is wrong)?

Do you handle many offers in compromise?

[Roberts]

Oh and I got the email (repeatedly actually) to update my IRS information. It looked completely real.

[joanmcq]

Not a member but I attended the rep boot camp in 2013.  I've only done two OICs in my time practicing, but both were accepted!

[Roberts]

I bought the DVDs and did a few OIC - all were accepted. With the online programs, it's relatively simple. One lady went from owing well over $70k to about $10k - still refused to pay even though the IRS had conditionally accepted. My problem with OIC is I don't tend to like the clients.

 

Lady who didn't pay - several years later wanted to try it again and kept complaining I wasn't working quickly enough on it. Oddly kept ignoring payment of my retainer before I'd begin working.