Watch Out for Bad Tax Advice on Social Media: IRS

Taxpayers are tricked into filing fake tax credit claims, and misinterpreting tax rules for personal benefits, the IRS says.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington, on June 28, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The IRS issued a consumer alert on Dec. 3, warning people to not get duped by “wildly inaccurate tax claims” spreading across social media.

These claims take “many different forms and make outlandish promises to inflate refunds,” the IRS said in a Dec. 3 statement. “Some producers of misleading content on social media are driven by a criminal profit motive, while others are simply trying to gain attention and clicks, with little regard for the risks it poses to their followers.”