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Complete and sign Form 14157-A, Tax Return Preparer Fraud or Misconduct Affidavit, if (1) a tax return preparer filed a Form 1040 series tax return or altered your Form 1040 series tax return without your knowledge or consent AND (2) you are seeking a change to your tax account.

Complete and sign Form 14157-A (sp), Tax Return Preparer Fraud or Misconduct Affidavit (Spanish Version), if (1) a tax return preparer filed a Form 1040 series tax return or altered your Form 1040 series tax return without your knowledge or consent AND (2) you are seeking a change to your tax account.

May 23, 2025 — A Hawaii woman pleaded guilty yesterday to defrauding her mortgage lender and conspiring to defraud the IRS by fraudulently obtaining a tax refund and then thwarting the IRS’ efforts to recoup it.

Oct. 8, 2024 — United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that Celina Bolton-Fultz of Slidell, Louisiana, pled guilty on Oct. 3, 2024 to thirty counts of assisting in filing false tax returns under 26 U.S.C. § 7206(2), five counts of filing her own false tax returns under 26 U.S.C. § 7206(1), four counts of making false statements under 18 U.S.C. § 1001, and two counts of theft of government funds under 18 U.S.C. § 641.

Aug. 29, 2024 — Roy L. Layne, of St. David, pleaded guilty yesterday to two counts of wire fraud and one count of Filing a False Claim. Sentencing is scheduled for February 3, 2025, before United States District Judge John C. Hinderaker.

August 8, 2023 — Troy Benjamin Bittner, of Myrtle Beach, has pleaded guilty in federal court to wire fraud and filing a false tax return.

March 13, 2023 — A federal jury has found a former Illinois attorney and real estate developer guilty on two counts of embezzlement, six counts of bankruptcy fraud, and eight counts of tax fraud following a nearly four week-long trial in Chicago.

Find IRS alerts on tax fraud, including tax schemes, abusive tax preparers, frivolous tax arguments and reporting tax scams.

Dec. 18, 2024 — A Clinton, Mass. man was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for his involvement in tax and mail fraud, and other offenses.

Sept. 26, 2024 — A New Jersey business owner today admitted his role in a fraud scheme involving COVID funds, fraudulent tax filings and a fraudulent loan application, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.