IRS News - IRS warns against COVID-19 fraud; other financial schemes

IRS warns against COVID-19 fraud; other financial schemes https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-warn https://accountinginstruction.info WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today reminded taxpayers to guard against tax fraud and other related financial scams related to COVID-19. In the last few months, the IRS Criminal Investigation division (CI) has seen a variety of Economic Impact Payment (EIP) scams and other financial schemes looking to take advantage of unsuspecting taxpayers. CI continues to work with law enforcement agencies domestically and abroad to educate taxpayers about these scams and investigate the criminals perpetrating them during this challenging time.