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Don’t Get Tax Scammed This Year – The IRS Dirty Dozen

Posted by Michael Beauchemin on Thu, Feb 23, 2012 @ 09:25 AM Each year, the IRS comes out with a list of the top twelve tax scams.  Although taxpayers can be taken advantage of by tax scams throughout the year, the IRS warns that the scammers are in full gear during tax season.  This is the time…

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IRS – Five Tax Scams to Avoid

The IRS issues a list of the top twelve tax scams each year.  Here are  five tax scams they highlight this summer. Phishing  Phishing is a tactic used by scam artists to trick unsuspecting victims into revealing personal or financial information in an electronic communication.  Scams can take the forms of e-mails, tweets, or phony…

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The Soon to Be Passed Finance Reform Bill

In Jennifer Liberto’s article, Wall Street reform:  What’s in the Bill, that was posted today on CNNMoney.com, she outlines some of the just negotiated, key provisions, between the Senate’s Bill and the House’s Bill. The Financial reform bill covers issues, ranging form creating a new consumer agency, access to credit scores for consumers, debit card swipe fees,…

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States to Be More Aggressive with Tax Collection

Earlier this year, PA launched an aggressive amnesty campaign to collect back taxes owed to the PA Department of Revenue.  Apparently, PA’s amnesty campaign was extremely effective. According to Governor Rendell, the PA amnesty program brought in $261 million in previously uncollected revenue.  The goal of the program was $190 million. Because of the program’s success,…

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