Tax season is in full swing — and that means it’s hunting time for scam artists hoping to rip off taxpayers.

There’s a new tool you can use in the fight against identity theft. It’s a six digit number called an IP PIN that you use to tell the IRS your tax return was filed by you.

The majority of individual taxpayers in the U.S. are eligible to file their taxes for free, yet many may be unaware or confused by how to do so.

A ghost preparer is someone who acts like a typical accountant, but instead is only looking to scam you out of your money. Some of them will even leave town so that it’s impossible to find them if you or the IRS have questions.

NBC 7’s Consumer Bob gives us tips on how to hire the best tax preparer.

Tax season has just started, but you can still find opportunities to cut your 2019 taxes if you know where to look. The IRS started accepting tax returns on Jan.27, kicking off the long march to April 15 — the deadline for taxpayers to pay last year’s liabilities.

Last year’s tax season saw lots of disappointment over refunds. Many people had not adjusted their withholdings in light of the federal tax cut act. Tax experts say if you still haven’t done so, you should consider changing your withholdings on your W4, especially if you’re expecting big changes in 2020. NBC’s Chris Clackum reports.

It’s about to get a little easier for you to figure out how to break even or get a bigger tax refund from Uncle Sam. The IRS kicked off the new year with a revamp of its tax withholding estimator tool, a calculator that helps you fine-tune the amount of federal income taxes that are pulled from your paycheck. Tax...

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, testifying before a House Appropriations subcommittee, said Tuesday he will “follow the law” regarding a request by House Democrats to see President Donald Trump’s tax returns.

A Florida man received a huge IRS refund by falsely claiming he paid $1 million in taxes, authorities said Friday. The IRS has recouped much of the $980,000 refund from Tampa resident Ramon Christopher Blanchett, who federal prosecutors said told a seven-digit lie on his 2016 income tax returns. Blanchett called himself a “freelancer” and reported $18,497 of income that...

The Trump administration has laid down rules aimed at preventing residents in high-tax states from avoiding a new cap on widely popular state and local tax deductions. The action over the new Republican tax law pits the government against high-tax, heavily Democratic states in an election-year showdown.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is warning taxpayers about scammers who use the looming tax deadline to trick unsuspecting people into making phony payments.

The IRS never asks for credit card information over the phone. NBC 7 Responds’ Consumer Bob reports.

The usual April 15 deadline to file for IRS tax forms falls on Saturday this year. That would normally push the deadline to Monday. However, Monday is a holiday in the District of Columbia, so by law, the filing deadline is extended until Tuesday. Monday is Emancipation Day in the District of Columbia. It marks the day in 1862 in...

IRS and Treasury officials have taken part in two global meetings on the Panama Papers to plan how to use the huge trove of leaked documents to catch criminals, U.S. officials revealed to NBC News. In a statement to NBC News, the IRS acknowledged participating in a “special project meeting” of JITSIC, the Joint International Tax Shelter Information and Collaboration...

A former head of the IRS is calling on Donald Trump to release his tax returns, saying there is no legitimate reason to withhold them....
“When Americans file their tax returns each year, they declare under penalty of perjury that to best of their knowledge they are true, correct and complete,” says Mark Everson, who served as IRS Commissioner during the...