Phishing Scams, Frivolous Arguments Top the 2008 'Dirty Dozen' Tax
Scams
The Internal Revenue Service issued its 2008 list of the 12 most
egregious tax schemes and scams, highlighted by Internet phishing scams and several frivolous tax
arguments. Topping this year’s list of scams is phishing, which encompasses numerous Internet-based
ploys to steal financial information from taxpayers. New to the "Dirty Dozen" this year is a scheme,
which IRS auditors discovered, that relates to unreasonable and/or excessive fuel tax credit claims
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