A coalition representing the Internal Revenue Service, state tax agencies and the nation’s tax industry today announced a new joint effort to combat the growth of scams and schemes threatening taxpayers and tax systems. The new combined effort follows a variety of increased scams and schemes that intensified during the past filing season that aimed to exploit vulnerable taxpayers while enriching fraudsters and promoters.
Convened at the request of IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel, the coalition of federal and state tax agencies, software and financial companies and key national tax professional associations agreed to a three-pronged approach. They will work to expand outreach and education about emerging scams, develop new approaches to identify potentially fraudulent returns at the point of filing and create infrastructure improvements to protect taxpayers as well as federal, state and industry tax systems.