As part of its annual Dirty Dozen list of tax scams, the U.S. IRS has warned of untrustworthy tax preparers. --- Dirty Dozen: IRS urges taxpayers to not fall prey to untrustworthy tax preparers; "ghost preparers" can disappear with taxpayer cash, information IR-2024-96, April 5, 2024 WASHINGTON — In day seven of the Dirty Dozen tax scam series, the Internal Revenue Service and Security Summit partners today alerted taxpayers to be on the lookout for unscrupulous tax preparers who could encourage people to file false tax returns and steal valuable personal information. A common problem seen annually during tax season,...