You may not be aware about this, but tax theft is one of the biggest hassles you could face. Early in the year, when tax refunds are due, tax thieves steal social security numbers to grab someone else's tax refund.
Normally people are not aware of tax theft until they file their own taxes.
January 13-17 is dedicated to Tax Identity Theft Awareness Week
What could be worse than filing taxes? The obvious answer would be to have your tax refund stolen by a thief.
If you think that's far-fetched, it's not; this is a lucrative business.
How does it work?
The Federal Trade C ommission is sponsoring this year's Tax Identity Theft Awareness week to protect your identity.
ctive is to increase your privacy and security so that scammers are not acess able to access your personal data. The ultimate goal would be to put an end to stop scammers who identity your tax info and your refund. This is why the FTS is hosting 'Tax Identity Theft Aare
The FTC Is hosting events across the country.
Tax identity theft would mean that someone has your social security number. You can get more information from the Identification Theft Protection and Victim Assistance (IRS brochure - PDF).
After taking precautions from the brochure, you can promote awareness about tax fraud in a number of ways.
- publish a blog post about tax theft using the materials provided on FTC.
- Use Twitter to gain popularity
- Get logos, buttons & banners
- participate in national webinars
