Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - This March 22, 2013, file photo shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The phone call sounds alarming. You owe back taxes and need to settle them quickly. The call will be from the “Tax Mediation and ...

The call sounds official: a firm voice identifying itself as an IRS agent, a caller ID that displays a Washington, D.C., number, and a warning that you owe back taxes and face arrest if you don’t pay ...

Scammers often pretend to be Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents, which is successful due to most people's fear of tax-related trouble. However, the IRS never starts a case with a phone call. It ...

WASHINGTON — Taxpayers calling the IRS for help processing their taxes this filing season may find it harder than normal to get someone on the phone, experts say, a problem that is only expected to ...

Millions of taxpayers are unable to get through to live help through the Internal Revenue Service's toll-free phone lines, even when the IRS claims its average wait times are only about three minutes, ...

Officials with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office report that the agency has been advised of a scam being perpetrated by a person claiming to be from the Internal Revenue Service. In a Thursday press ...

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a consumer alert providing taxpayers with tips to protect themselves from telephone scam artists calling and pretending to be with the IRS. These callers may ...

Tax relief phone call scams are common year-round, and criminals use them to get money and commit identity theft. There is an IRS tax debt compromise option, however, that could allow you to settle ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Taxpayers calling the IRS for help processing their taxes this filing season may find it harder than normal to get someone on the phone, experts say, a problem that is only expected ...