Email, Texting Tax Scams Lead IRS’s Annual Dirty Dozen List

The IRS has launched its annual Dirty Dozen tax scams list with a warning of schemes that involve phishing and smishing, the agency said Thursday.

These scams are fake communications that pose as legitimate tax organizations to access personal information. Phishing scams arrive in the form of emails while smishing scams come via a text or SMS message.

The Dirty Dozen list is an annual campaign by the IRS highlighting 12 scams and schemes that put taxpayers and the tax professional community at risk.

This story was produced by Bloomberg Tax Automation.