FTC, Treasury call ‘high alert’ on tax identity fraud

( January 30, 2015) -- Tax-identity theft is soaring, the Federal Trade Commission says, and a number of government agencies have come together to try to highlight the extent of the problem and warn consumers how to avoid becoming victims. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, meanwhile, issued a call last week for taxpayers to be on “high alert” against this new and growing source of fraud....

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