The
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration has urged taxpayers to remain
on "high alert" and announced additional outreach efforts to prevent them from
falling victim to criminals who impersonate Internal Revenue Service and
Treasury employees this filing season. There have been thousands of reports of
contact every month in while individuals fraudulently claiming to be IRS
officials make unsolicited calls and "robocalls" to taxpayers demanding that
they send them money. Learn more
here.