IRS warns of shady tax preparers stealing refunds and identities

Seven months after federal officials fired CGI Federal for its botched work on Obamacare website Healthcare.gov, the IRS awarded the same company a $4.5 million IT contract for its new Obamacare tax program. CGI is a 

U.S. District Judge Edmund Sargus in Columbus, Ohio, said on Monday that the IRS was bound by guidance it gave a NetJets predecessor in 1992 over when to collect federal transportation excise taxes, and could not impose more taxes retroactively.

NetJets, the private jet-sharing company owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, has defeated a U.S. Internal Revenue Service lawsuit attempting to recoup more than $500 million of unpaid taxes, penalties and interest. U.S. District Judge Edmund 

Dawn Weiman, of the Dauphin County Library system, says the library received an email from the IRS saying it won't be providing free instruction booklets this year. In fact the libraries won't be getting any free forms other than the 1040, 1040A and

"We see bad actors every year that steal from their clients or compromise returns in ways that can severely harm taxpayers," said IRS Commissioner John Koskinen in a statement. Roughly 60% of tax filers use tax return preparers. If you're among them