Sentence examples for fraudulent refund from inspiring English sources

And the IRS is trying to identify fraudulent refund claims before they are accepted into the processing system.

If you make a false claim or receive a fraudulent refund, you can be subject to a penalty and potentially, jail time.

Previous reviews by such oversight agencies as the Government Accountability Office have recited a litany of IRS problems with refunds, including duplicate or wrongful payments and inadequate detection of questionable or even fraudulent refund requests from the outside.

The IRS has layered on more computer screens to block fraudulent refund claims by identity thieves and as a result is holding up the processing of more legitimate tax returns too.

In such cases, criminals use a taxpayer's identity information to file a tax return and claim a fraudulent refund.

Further, it likely contributes to the potentially $21 billion in lost revenue due to fraudulent refund requests that escape IRS filters by 2016.

Yet it is the same refundable tax credit responsible for billions in fraudulent refunds.

The I.R.S. has estimated that 8,000 fake returns were processed, resulting in fraudulent refunds.

But Mr. George said the agency missed an additional 1.5 million returns with possibly fraudulent refunds worth more than $5.2 billion.

In a response included with the report, the I.R.S. agreed that it could do more to stop fraudulent refunds.

After making such filings, the defendants got loans in anticipation of their fraudulent refunds, according to the complaint, which was signed by Whitney V. Adams, an agent with the Treasury Department's inspector general for tax administration.