Money Minute: Avoiding IRS tax scams

It’s tax season, which means scammers are taking advantage of you and the IRS to take a run at your money.

Here’s what you need to about what the IRS will and won’t do when they want to get in touch with you.

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From the IRS:

• Taxpayers should hang up if tax season scammers come calling
• Tax scams/consumer alerts to be aware of
• Report phishing and online scams
• Report crime/misconduct to U.S. Treasury Inspector General

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