Tax practioner and Notary since 1980.
Serving clients all over the USA.
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Disclosure and Retention of Personal Information

Exact Tax Service does not disclose the personal information of its client without their consent to any outside party, except as required by law or as specifically requested by the client, e.g. in a mortgage letter to a broker looking for income verification. Exact Tax Service retains personal information for its clients after which it is destroyed unless otherwise instructed by the client, in which case it is disposed of as per the client’s instructions.

Suspicious e-Mails and Identity Theft

The Internal Revenue Service has issued several recent consumer warnings on the fraudulent use of the IRS name or logo by scamsters trying to gain access to consumers’ financial information in order to steal their identity and assets. When identity theft takes place over the Internet, it is called phishing.

Suspicious e-Mail/Phishing

Phishing (as in “fishing for information” and “hooking” victims) is a scam where Internet fraudsters send e-mail messages to trick unsuspecting victims into revealing personal and financial information that can be used to steal the victims’ identity. Current scams include phony e-mails which claim to come from the IRS and which lure the victims into the scam by telling them that they are due a tax refund.

Phishing and Other Schemes Using the IRS Name

The IRS periodically alerts taxpayers to, and maintains a list of, phishing schemes using the IRS name, logo or Web site clone. If you've received an e-mail, phone call or fax claiming to come from the IRS that seemed a little suspicious, you just may find it on this list.

News Releases

  • IR-2009-71, IRS Alerts Public to New Identity Theft Scams
  • IR-2008-11, IRS Warns of New E-Mail and Telephone Scams Using the IRS Name; Advance Payment Scams Starting
  • IR-2007-183, IRS Warns of E-Mail Scam Soliciting Donations to California Wildfire Victims
  • IR-2007-148, IRS Warns of New E-mail Scam Offering Cash for Participation in “Member Satisfaction Survey”
  • IR-2007-109, IRS Warns Taxpayers of New E-mail Scams
  • IR-2007-75, IRS Warns of Phony e-Mails Claiming to Come from the IRS
  • IR-2006-116, Electronic Federal Tax Payment System Cited in New E-mail Scam
  • IR-2006-104, IRS Renews E-mail Alert Following New Scams
  • IR-2006-49, IRS Establishes e-Mail Box for Taxpayers to Report Phony e-Mails

Fact Sheets

  • FS-2010-9, Online Scams that Impersonate the IRS
  • FS-2009-4, The Official Internal Revenue Service Web Site Is IRS.gov
  • FS-2008-9, Identity Theft E-mail Scams a Growing Problem

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You Can Help Shut Down Phishing Schemes

The good news is that you can help shut down these schemes and prevent others from being victimized. If you receive a suspicious e-mail that claims to come from the IRS, you can relay that e-mail to a new IRS mailbox, phishing@irs.gov. Follow instructions in the link below for sending the bogus e-mail to ensure that it retains critical elements found in the original e-mail. The IRS can use the information, URLs and links in the suspicious e-mails you send to trace the hosting Web site and alert authorities to help shut down the fraudulent sites. Unfortunately, due to the expected volume, the IRS will not be able to acknowledge receipt or respond to you.

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