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IRS Warns Of 400% Flood In Phishing and Malware This Tax Year Alone (networkworld.com)

Posted by yaelk on from the its-tax-season dept.

coondoggie writes: There has been a 400% surge in phishing and malware incidents in this tax season alone, the Internal Revenue Service warned this week. According to the IRS, there have been thousands of phony emails aimed at fooling taxpayers into thinking these are official communications from the IRS or others in the tax industry, including from many tax software companies.

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  1. Easy fix. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    A flat tax, where anyone could file their taxes on a postcard size form, would pretty much do away with this problem.

  2. Re:The crooks in D.C. hate competition. by ausekilis · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You're free to move to some island and pay for your own municipal parks, roads, sewage/recycling/garbage collection. Not to mention zoos, aquariums, wildlife refuges, national parks. You can also stand up your own one-man military.

    Don't get me wrong, I think my tax dollars are grossly misappropriated and I'd rather not be paying many senators salaries... but to make the blanket statement that tax is theft is to ignore all those things that your taxes cover to make your life better.