03/12/2025
To help protect businesses, taxpayers and tax professionals, the IRS released its annual Dirty Dozen list of tax scams for 2025. The list highlights common schemes that threaten tax and financial information, including:
Bad social media advice
IRS Individual Online Account “help” from scammers
Fake charities
False Fuel Tax Credit claims
Credits for Sick Leave and Family Leave
Bogus self-employment tax credits
Improper household employment taxes
Misleading offers in compromise
IR-2025-26, Feb. 27, 2025 — The Internal Revenue Service today announced its annual Dirty Dozen list of tax scams for 2025 with a warning for taxpayers, businesses and tax professionals to watch out for common schemes that threaten their tax and financial information.