If you’re paying taxes to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service there is only one URL you need to know: IRS.gov.
That’s what the U.S. tax collecting department said this week in a note on its Web site, warning taxpayers of tax season scams and reminding them that Web sites like IRS.com are not affiliated with the U.S. government.
“Taxpayers may be confused by the proliferation of Internet sites that contain some form of the Internal Revenue Service name or IRS acronym with a .com, .net, .org or other designation in the address,” the IRS said in its note. “Since many of these sites also bear a striking resemblance to the real IRS site, taxpayers may be misled into thinking that the site they have accessed is indeed the official IRS government site.”
IRS.com is the third result that comes up in a Google search for the term “IRS.” The site itself appears to generate revenue by referring readers to a variety of tax-related services from companies like American Express Co., Visa U.S.A. Inc., and 2nd Story Software Inc., makers of TaxACT software.
Photo by irs.com.
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