Summertime Tax Tips Available on IRS.gov and Via E-Mail

In a their newest press release, the IRS announced that they would once again be giving out free summertime tax tips. This year the tips come with a useful spin though. Not only will the tips be given out 3 at a time once a week throughout the summer, but also taxpayers can now register to have the tips sent directly to their email as they are published. See the release, below.

The Internal Revenue Service is publishing summertime tax tips to provide useful and concise advice on topics that affect taxpayers.

Many people don’t think about their taxes until the start of the filing season in January. That can be a mistake. Steps such as checking your withholding, getting the proper receipts from charities, organizing all the records you will need or setting a personal tax strategy that can save money at tax time are most effective if they are done well before year’s end.

The IRS is publishing three tax tips per week this summer. Topics range from how parents can get credit for sending their kids to day camp to protecting yourself from identity theft.

Now you can receive IRS Tax Tips via e-mail as soon as they are published by signing up through the IRS e-news subscription page, e-News Subscriptions. When subscribing, a confirmation message will be sent via e-mail. Verification must be sent in response in order to confirm a subscription.

For more summertime tax and financial advice, check out these two older entries from my blog: 20 Ways to Save Money this Summer and Top 10 Summertime Tax Tips.

IRS Warns Taxpayers Of New Scam

The IRS issued a warning this morning regarding a new email scam claiming to be from the IRS’s Criminal Investigation division. The goal of the email to convince the receiver that they are being investigated by the IRS for filing a false tax return. It attempts to get users to click a link or open an attachment that can take over the person’s computer hard drive and allow some one remote access to the computer. The IRS is warning American taxpayers not to click the link or open the attachment in the email. "Everyone should beware of these scam artists," claims Kevin M Brown, Acting IRS Commissioner. "Always exercise caution when you receive unsolicited emails or emails from senders you don’t know." The IRS does not send out unsolicited emails or ever ask for personal information via email. If you receive one of these emails forward it immediately to phishing@irs.gov.