After giving your prospective tax preparer as much information as possible about your returns, ask them how they’re paid and ...

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Fraudsters who pose as tax professionals tend to crop up around tax time and promise unsuspecting taxpayers huge returns. Be vigilant while working with tax experts, and take a step back if what they ...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced the launch of its new online directory of tax professionals. The directory, which was hyped prior to tax season, is intended to assist taxpayers in ...

If the thought of preparing your own tax return feels overwhelming — even with do-it-yourself software — there’s always the option of hiring a professional preparer. Even people who have done their ...

A New York tax preparer was arrested on charges related to causing "substantially" more than $100 million in tax losses through the filing of false returns — one of the largest tax frauds ever by a ...

A decade ago, a Pew Research Center study found that 33% of Americans claimed that they did their own taxes while 56% said someone else prepared their returns. Over the years, as the IRS implemented ...

Ernest Sumpter, 68, tells a tax-time tale that should give anyone pause before handing over a Social Security number and other information to a stranger who offers a deal on doing your taxes. Sumpter ...