The Dirty Dozen represents the worst of the worst tax scams. Compiled annually, the Dirty Dozen lists a variety of common scams that taxpayers may encounter anytime but many of these schemes peak during filing season as people prepare their returns or hire someone to help with their taxes. Don’t fall prey. For a detailed description of each scam, please refer to the list below: IR-2023-53, Dirty Dozen: IRS warns of scammers offering “help” to set up an Online Account; creates identity theft risk for honest taxpayers IR-2023-51, Dirty Dozen: Watch out for scammers using email and text messages to try tricking people during tax season IR-2023-49, IRS opens 2023 Dirty Dozen with warning about Employee Retention Credit claims; increased scrutiny follows aggressive promoters making offers too good to be true Prior year information on the IRS Dirty Dozen: 2022 — IRS wraps up 2022 Dirty Dozen scams list: agency urges taxpayers to watch out for tax avoidance strategies 2021 — IRS announces Dirty Dozen tax scams for 2021 2020 — IRS unveils Dirty Dozen list of tax scams for 2020; Americans urged to be vigilant to these threats during the pandemic and its aftermath 2019 — IRS concludes Dirty Dozen list of tax scams for 2019: Agency encourages taxpayers to remain vigilant year-round 2018 — IRS wraps up Dirty Dozen list of tax scams for 2018; encourages taxpayers to remain vigilant 2017 — IRS Summarizes Dirty Dozen List of Tax Scams for 2017 2016 — IRS Wraps Up the Dirty Dozen List of Tax Scams for 2016 2015 — IRS Completes the Dirty Dozen Tax Scams for 2015 2014 — IRS Releases the Dirty Dozen Tax Scams for 2014 Dirty Dozen Transcript ASL
