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Expecting your tax refund quickly? If you do this, you may experience a delay in getting your refund!

The Batavia Police Department are investigating a scam that claims that they are the IRS using phone numbers that are from the City of Batavia. The scammers will call and say they are collecting funds for the IRS and they need to be put into an account within an hour to avoid arrest...

I've already filed the complaint with the Better Business Bureau Scam Tracker (as they suggested) but MAN do these things make me MAD! The number that called me is (360) 208-0865, but they come from many others. This same number has been popping up on my caller ID for about three weeks...

Scammers are nothing new in Western New York and officials are warning local residents about two new tactics that are being used. It is normal to see more scam attempts during tax season, but one of these doesn't even have anything to do with the IRS or your taxes...

The United States Department of Treasury issued a recent warning to taxpayers about a freighting scam that is, unfortunately, way too common during tax season. The scam, which has been around some time, has evolved over time and since 2013 has stolen nearly $27 million from Americans...

Western New York has already felt the sting of IRS scams when one man in Wheatfield paid $8,000 to the "IRS". Now that we are deep into tax season, lets look over some of the many scams that happen when people claim to be the 'IRS' in many different ways to be more aware...

Your income taxes must be filed by April 15th. That's this coming Tuesday. You haven't done them yet. You didn't forget did you? Of course not.  You planned it this way of course.              Here are some helpful hints courtesy of the U.S. Postal Service to aid us last minute types.

Here's round two of the 12 nastiest tax scams out there. Be aware of what the crooks will try to pull over on you!

Doing your taxes is unpleasant enough already, but there are also some shifty characters out there who want to make the pain even worse.

If you filed your taxes electronically, you may be wondering where your refund is. And, if you visited the IRS website’s “Where’s my refund?” page, you may have been given an error message that says the IRS has no information about your return.

The Federal Government is trying something new this tax season; they’re sending debit cards instead of checks.  E-file and direct deposits are not affected obviously, but the paper check refund may be a thing of the past.

April 15th isn’t a day to fear this year because once again the Internal Revenue Service has extended the tax day deadline.  Last year we had until April 18th to file, this year taxpayers will have two extra days to file their return because the deadline has been extended to Tuesday April 17th.   The main reason for the extension is because the 15th falls on a Sunday and the following day Monday t