Every year the Criminal Investigations Division of the IRS publishes the “Dirty Dozen.” A list of the worst of the worst tax scams.
Here are the top 12 for 2021:
- Fraudulent charities
- Fake payments with repayment demands.
- Bad-faith tax preparers
- Targeting of unreported foreign income and omitted Foreign information returns.
- Offer in Compromise Mills
- Human Resources Scams
- Ransomware
- Phishing
- IRS Impersonation
- Senior Fraud
- Nursing Home Fraud
- Social Media
Steven A. Leahy is a tax attorney in Illinois. He is the host of the long-running popular Radio Show “The IRS Radio Hour” heard every Sunday evening on AM 560 The Answer. Attorney Leahy is also the author of the book “Deal With Your IRS Problems Today!” You can get a FREE copy of this important book at FreeIRSBook.com.