Do not fall victim to scam callers who pretend they work for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)! Anyone who calls and threatens you with police arrest or deportation if you don’t pay them is a scammer. Never provide personal or financial information to these callers. Hang up!
Even if you do owe taxes…
- The IRS will NEVER call and demand immediate payment over the phone.
- The IRS will NEVER try to threaten or intimidate you, demand payment with a prepaid debit card, or ask for your credit card or debit card number over the phone.
- The IRS will NEVER threaten to call the police or immigration agents if you don’t pay.
If you receive a tax scam call, report it to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 800-366-4484 or click on the red "Report Waste, Fraud, and Abuse" button in the upper right hand corner of their website https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/ Then select "IRS Scams and Fraud" from the menu. You can also report tax scams to the Federal Trade Commission. If you have immediate questions or concerns or believe you may have been the victim of a scam, contact the ISSO at 515-294-1120 or isso@iastate.edu for assistance.
For more information on tax scams, visit this IRS site. If you think you owe taxes, you can call the IRS at 1.800.829.1040 and they can help you arrange a payment plan.
Visit this USCIS site to learn how to recognize and avoid immigration scams and find authorized legal services.