IRS fraudulent refunds an estimated &#36;318M
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The Internal Revenue Service gave away $318 million in improper refunds this year because a computer program that screens tax returns for fraud wasn't working, according to a report released Friday.
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Actually, Haskins isn&#39;t alone. The Internal Revenue Service says it is looking for 329 Nebraskans who have more than $174,000 in unclaimed federal tax refunds coming their way.
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Merrill Lynch &amp; Co. Inc.  will  pay &#36;29.5 million to settle claims that it helped Enron Corp.  commit fraud, Enron said on Thursday.
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More than $900 million was misappropriated from ChinaÂs $37 billion social security fund in the countryÂs latest massive government fraud.
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The Internal Revenue Service is looking for 2,955 New Jersey taxpayers whose refund checks totaling nearly $2.6 million were returned to the government this year by the Postal Service as undeliverable.
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Although the money was always yours, a tax refund can seem like a windfall.
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Fraud in the &#36;300-billion-a-year Medicaid program is widespread and the federal government is not doing enough to combat it, congressional investigators said in a report released Wednesday.
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Attention all those making more than $100,000: The Internal Revenue Service is watching you more closely. The agency has been ramping up its examinations of high-income filers, which it defines
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Well, apparently that has happened to a Fort Worth resident whose $562,441 check is waiting in US Treasury coffers until the person corrects or updates their mailing address with the Internal Revenue Service.
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FORT SMITH, Ark. -- Many Arkansans and Oklahomans could have money coming and not know it, federal officials said Tuesday. The Internal Revenue Service announced that more than 1,500 residents in both states have unclaimed tax refunds.
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SACRAMENTO A California commission has approved 82 (m) million dollars in tax refunds to nearly two dozen companies that didn&#39;t actually pay state income tax.
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An article last Sunday in the special Your Taxes report about tips for preparing a tax return referred incompletely to the limit on claims for refundable alternative minimum tax credits resulting from the exercise of incentive stock options. While it is $5,000 under one calculation method, some taxpayers may claim more than that under a second method if their income is not too high.
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Every year the Internal Revenue Service announces the top 12 tax scams. This tax season, topping the latest Dirty Dozen are fraudulent schemes connected with the one-time telephone excise tax refund available to most taxpayers.
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WASHINGTON -- The IRS has more than $73 million in tax refunds for thousands of taxpayers whose checks were returned to the tax agency as undeliverable.
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Americans lost at least &#36;548 million to identity theft and consumer fraud last year as the Internet provided new victims for age-old scams, according to government statistics released Tuesday.
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Eight eBay sellers were ordered to pay nearly &#36;90,000 in restitution and fines after admitting they bid up products online to inflate the prices.
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The Yankees owe the city almost &#36;3.6 million because the team underreported its revenue and overstated its allowable deductions, according to an audit released Wednesday by New York City Comptroller William Thompson.