Taxpayers Should Be Wary of Unsolicited Calls for the IRS

Taxpayers who get an unexpected or unsolicited phone call from the IRS should be wary – it’s probably a scam.

Taxpayers who don’t owe taxes or who have no reason to think they do should follow these steps:

• Use the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration’s IRS Impersonation Scam Reporting web page to report the incident.
• Report it to the Federal Trade Commission with the FTC Complaint Assistant on FTC.gov.

Taxpayers who think they might actually owe taxes should follow these steps:

• Ask for a call back number and employee badge number.
• Call the IRS at 1-800-829-1040.

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