KPRC 2 Community is partnered with BakerRipley and Telemundo Houston to host a tax help phone bank on March 30 until 6:30 p.m. Volunteers are standing by to take calls in both English and Spanish. The phone number to call is 713-778-8920.
By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post There's less than a month left until your tax returns are due and officials with the IRS want you to be aware of possible scams. Spokesman Michael Devine says criminals are very savvy. "They watch the news, whatever is in the news they're going to capitalize on," Devine tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. "Whether it's a disaster and they create a fake website to try to get you to donate or filing season when they pretend to be the IRS." Devine says you may get a call out of the blue from someone claiming to be the IRS saying you owe money right now "Well, the IRS doesn't call you out of the blue, we send you a letter through the mail," Devine says. "And we know that 90% of all data thefts begin with an email for phishing." Devine says if you get an email claiming to be from the IRS, don't open it, because they also will not contact you that way. The IRS will only contact you through the United
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By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post If you are preparing to use a tax preparer this tax season officials with the IRS encourage you to do your homework and protect yourself. IRS spokesman Michael Devine says the great majority of tax professionals are just that, tax professionals, but then there are criminals. "There are people who pretend to be, you know, tax preparers, we call them sometimes ghost preparers," Devine tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. "These are people who will say I'll do your tax return, I'll print it out, I'll give it to you, you pay me, you sign the return, and then you mail it in, their fingerprints on at that return, probably literally." Devine says to remember that when you sign your tax return that no matter who prepared your forms, you are responsible for all the information that you file. Devine warns everyone that fraudulent tax preparers, in searching for more money, could sign you up for things you don't qualify for. He says
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