Posted on 03/28/2015 9:33:23 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
By its very nature, tax season unleashes a certain amount of angst, but this year may produce a higher level of foreboding due to a slew of data breaches that have imperiled electronic filing of tax returns.
"Tax fraud this year is very prevalent, primarily because of these recent high-profile data breaches," said Julie Miller, a spokeswoman for Intuit, a Mountain View software maker whose signature products include the TurboTax program. "We are seeing tax refund fraud being driven by identify theft. That has implications for people who use TurboTax online or any online tax preparation."
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Heh. I’ve not gotten a refund in 18 years.
Illegal immigrants are heavily into this fraud.
Steal my identity, pay my taxes.
Make sure you always owe. Otherwise you’ve been giving the government a tax free loan with your money.
Are they paying the O’Care penalty...err...tax?
This happened to one of my engineers’ fiance.
“Heh. I’ve not gotten a refund in 18 years.”
Roughly the same for me. Amazing what applying 5th grade math can do for you. Still file on paper, too.
Still file on paper, too.
My wife got a call from the IRS about a sketchy return using her SS#. We didn’t file yet and they verified it was a bogus return. Never get a refund, free loan to the gubmit.
Everyone needs to E-file as soon as they can so that someone can’t grab their withholding and estimated payments. If you don’t have to file, file an informational return anyway. Disrupt the ID thieves.
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