File Early, File Often

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Arthur Rubin
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File Early, File Often

Post by Arthur Rubin »

I'm undecided where this would fit on Quatloos. It's a tax scam, but not by the actual taxpayer.

It seems that, at least in Florida, criminals get SSNs and birthdates, and file tax returns asking for a refund.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/27/us/id ... en.html?hp
Last edited by Arthur Rubin on Mon May 28, 2012 5:17 am, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: fixed link
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Re: File Early, File Often

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The link did not work for me. Typical of the e-filing age in which we are living, making fraud easier, harder for the Feds to nail, and like a disease which crops up with new variations based on success rates and the cunning of the crooks. I don't know whether going back to paper filing in certain high fraud jurisdictions would make any difference.
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Re: File Early, File Often

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I think you're talking about what was posted in these two threads:

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=8309

viewtopic.php?f=11&t=8340
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Arthur Rubin
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Re: File Early, File Often

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Link fixed. Sorry about that.
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