Although California residents and businesses affected by severe winter storms have until Oct. 16 to file their federal taxes, local experts advise that filing early is better to avoid potential issues this tax season. The IRS announced on Feb. 24 that taxpayers living in any area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in California, Alabama and Georgia automatically ...

On Monday, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that the tax filing season would begin earlier than usual in 2022. The IRS released a statement on Monday that the 2022 tax filing season would begin on Jan. 24, during which they are set to begin accepting and processing tax returns. “Planning for the nation’s filing season process is a massive ...

With the 2019 tax-filing deadline just days away, the Internal Revenue Service reminds the 50 million taxpayers, including those in Santa Clarita, who have yet to file their tax returns that there are a variety of options to help them in the final days of tax-filing season. About 153 million individual tax returns for the 2018 tax year are expected ...

The Internal Revenue Service warned Santa Clarita residents about a new twist on the IRS impersonation phone scam whereby criminals fake calls from the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS), an independent organization within the IRS. Similar to other IRS impersonation scams, thieves make unsolicited phone calls to their intended victims fraudulently claiming to be from the IRS. In this most recent ...

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and the Internal Revenue Service are warning the public of a tax season scam that may affect Santa Clarita residents. It’s tax season and the IRS is warning taxpayers to avoid the dangers of “ghost” tax return scammers These fraudster “Ghost” preparers advertise online or appear in public as legitimate tax preparers. Once they ...

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