9 Tips for Safer Online Income Tax Filing
If you think filing your taxes is a nuisance now, imagine doing it after a scammer steals your identity or your tax return check. While electronic tax filing has eased the task of preparing and filing tax returns, the convenience of electronic filing has also created a channel for the growing number of criminals who commit tax-related identity theft, a crime that has continued to rise since 2011, when the IRS identified more than 1 million incidents.
