

Generally, the IRS uses Publication 1, Your Rights as a Taxpayer to meet this requirement. Likewise, during an in-person interview with the IRS concerning the collection of your tax, the IRS employee must explain the collection process and your rights under that process. During an in-person interview with the IRS as part of an audit, the IRS employee must explain the audit process and your rights under that process.


If you owe or think you may owe federal taxes, hang up and call the IRS at 80.

Here are some tips to help you if you receive one of these calls. And the IRS will not ask for a credit card number over the phone. The IRS wants you to know that they usually contact first by mail, not by phone, and the IRS will not ask for any type of payment using pre-paid cards or wire transfers. The callers often use common names and fake IRS badge numbers know the last four digits of the victim’s Social Security number make the caller ID appear as if the IRS is calling send fake IRS emails to support their scam and call back claiming to be the police or DMV and the caller ID will once again support their claim. Callers are claiming to be from the IRS and they tell the intended victim that they owe taxes and must pay with a pre-paid card or wire transfer or they will arrested, deported or lose a driver’s license or business. There have already been three reports of this phone scam in Laurel. Laurel Police Chief Richard McLaughlin is warning residents about an IRS phone scam that is targeting people in the United States.
