You can also find below an alphabetical list of injunctions the Tax Division has obtained against preparers and promoters in the past 12 years. You can use the Keyword Search feature on that page to look up a particular preparer or promoter and/or use the available filters to further refine your results.

Injunctions are an important part of our effort to assure honest taxpayers and tax preparers that those who would cheat will not get away with it.ĭetails about recent injunctions and criminal prosecutions are available on the Tax Division's news page. Press releases are organized chronologically. Under the civil injunction program, the Division sues preparers and promoters seeking a court order, called an injunction, that bars a person or business from engaging in specified misconduct or from preparing tax returns for others.

The Justice Department's Tax Division and the Internal Revenue Service work hard to shut down fraudulent tax return preparers and tax-fraud promoters, using both civil and criminal enforcement tools. If you know you don’t owe taxes or have no reason to believe that you do, report the incident to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) at 1.800.366.4484. If you receive a telephone call from someone claiming to be an IRS employee and demanding money, you should consult the IRS Tax Scams/Consumer Alerts webpage. ALERT: The IRS does not send unsolicited email, text messages or use social media to discuss your personal tax issue.

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