What to do if Your Tax Refund is Stolen
Imagine this: You’ve collected your W-2, your mortgage and student loan interest statements and your investment earnings documentation. You log into your online tax preparation software and spend the next hour inputting your information. When you hit “submit,” you breathe a sigh of relief; your taxes are complete for another year. Then you get an email saying the IRS has rejected your tax forms. Someone somewhere has already filed in your name. Tax refund theft is happening more frequently these days than ever before. According to a government accountability office report, scammers snapped...
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