If you are missing a tax return refund check in the mail, or one that should have been electronically deposited into your bank account, go to the government Website called, “Where’s My Refund”. Simply type those words into your Internet search bar to get started. The IRS keeps this site open all year long to allow taxpayers to trace refunds.
The government often hears the question, “Where is my tax return?” The scam artists are always working hard around tax time to try to trick you out of your refund checks. If you have a missing refund check, do not wait in hopes that it might show up someday, go straight to the government Website “Where’s My Refund” and find out where it is.
The program on the government Website is very easy to use. It requires that the taxpayer identify themselves with a social security number, the exact amount of refund to be collected and other information that only the person making out the tax papers would know. Key words: You and your tax preparer both have had access to this information.
It is never wise to use a tax service to prepare your taxes that are offering refunds that seem too high to be real, or ones that offer other gimmicks that go above simply filling in your paperwork for a fee. It is too easy for everybody that would like to become a tax preparation criminal to open their own professional looking Website.
The IRS puts out a list each year of the top scams and frauds that are going around that involved tax return refund checks. Some of the scams on the list are things that they are seeing internally, and ways that people try to cheat on their taxes. Other things on the list are ways that tax preparation or tax refund checks are ending up being used in frauds.
One of the top IRS listed scams this year was for phishing. Phishing is a term used to describe the acts of people who are trying to take your name, social security number, and bank account or credit card information so that they can become your identity long enough to take your money. The IRS never emails unless you ask them to. All letters in your email that claim to be from the IRS are fakes; never click fake email links.
If your IRS tax return refund check is missing, and it cannot be found inside of the government, “Where’s My Refund” program, then you might have been a victim to one of the various frauds or scams that are going around. Instantly call the IRS for a determination of your tax refund standing, and then follow their directions exactly.
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