IRS tax scam calls are on the rise. Learn how to identify fake calls about back taxes and what to do if you get one.

This tax season, scam callers are mentioning taxes or claiming to be the IRS in aggressive efforts to try to steal your identity, experts say.

Scammers often pretend to be Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents, which is successful due to most people's fear of tax-related trouble. However, the IRS never starts a case with a phone call. It ...

America’s tax season has brought a new alert for taxpayers amid a spike in scam callers. The Federal Trade Commission reports a sharp rise in phone scammers claiming to be from the IRS, calling ...

The Cook County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about common tax season scams, including fake IRS phone calls, phishing emails and texts, fraudulent tax preparers, identity theft, and tax debt ...

For National Slam the Scam Day, the Internal Revenue Service on Thursday released its annual “Dirty Dozen” list of tax scams for 2026 that threaten the tax and financial information of taxpayers, ...

From phishing emails to bogus tax credits, the IRS warns that scammers keep changing tactics. Here’s what you should know about the most common tax scams now.

Sophisticated scams surge as filing rule changes create perfect cover for fraud. Your tax anxiety just became a cybersecurity threat. Scammers are weaponizing 2026’s discontinued free filing programs ...