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IRS Cautions Tax Pros About New EFIN Email Scam

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The IRS warned that scammers are posing as tax software providers and requesting EFIN documents from tax professionals under the guise of a required verification to transmit tax returns. What this means for you: Until your EFIN is verified, you will be unable to transmit returns. Mountain & Arizona│9 a.m.

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POINT: IRS Direct File Simplifies Doing Taxes, Saves Money

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This year, for the first time, residents of 12 states who file simple tax returns can file online for free using the IRS’s new Direct File portal. Thanks to funding from the Inflation Reduction Act and as part of an ambitious modernization effort, this new public tool makes tax filing faster, easier and cheaper for eligible filers.

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