Exploitative Marketers Taking Advantage of Taxpayers Facing Payment Difficulties: IRS

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a new warning to taxpayers on Thursday about unscrupulous promoters attempting to entice citizens into signing up for expensive tax resolution services. The promoters claim their services are “necessary to resolve unpaid taxes owed to the IRS,” according to a Sept. 19 press release from the agency. They make use of “aggressive marketing to make false claims of guaranteed settlements” or coerce taxpayers by saying there is a “limited window of time to resolve tax debts through the IRS Offer in Compromise (OIC) program.” The result is taxpayers are often left financially drained with no positive outcomes regarding the tax issue....