With the IRS laying off thousands of employees Thursday, many Americans may be wondering if their tax returns – or their refunds – will be affected.

Tax season is scary enough without having to worry about a ghost preparer taking off with your refund. A ghost tax preparer claims that they can get you a big tax refund but instead files a fraudulent ...

A 38-year-old Oklahoma woman, Amy D. Shelton, has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for bank fraud and filing a false federal income tax return. U.S. District Judge Gregory K. Frizzell ...

The recent Internal Revenue Service layoffs could delay or cause mistakes in taxpayers' refunds, but filing your taxes soon, ...

The IRS said it was firing people it deemed not "critical" to tax filing season. Employees said the cuts would affect tax ...

Tax scams are worse than ever. Getting an IP PIN from the IRS can stop identity thieves from stealing your tax refund.

Scammers are pretending to be the IRS, claiming people are eligible for a $1,400 stimulus check. They send text messages with ...

Tax season is here, and so are the scammers. The Better Business Bureau warns criminals are impersonating the IRS, stealing ...

According to cybersecurity company Guardio, Americans experienced a 77 percent increase in IRS-related scam messages in ...

A string of bipartisan measures targeting taxpayer refunds, rights, and protections move forward on Capitol Hill.

Some Democratic lawmakers are raising concerns about the security of taxpayer data as Musk's cost-cutting task force moves to ...