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Tax Scams
You’ve probably heard advertisements from tax preparers who claim they can get you larger refunds than anyone else. Or you may have received letters from charitable organizations you don’t recognize asking for a donation. Maybe you’ve received emails from identity thieves posing as the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) asking for your personal financial information.
This isn’t a coincidence. It’s tax season and a lot of crooks are out to hook you into their scams.
The IRS urges you to avoid common tax scams and tax return preparer fraud. For more information, check out their 2006 publications:
“Dirty Dozen” Tax Scams for 2006 and Tax Return Preparer Fraud.
For more information:
County of Los Angeles Department of Consumer Affairs
B-96 Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration
500 W. Temple Street *
Los Angeles, CA 90012-2706
Telephone (800) 593-8222 (within LA County)
web site: dca.lacounty.gov