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Chump Change: 100,000 Potential Bogus Tax Credit Filings?

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

It should come as little suprise that the lure of an $8,000 check from the Federal Government - especially one you can get by re-filing taxes outside of the real estate closing - is tempting bait for scam artists:

“The Internal Revenue Service is examining more than 100,000 suspicious claims for the first-time home-buyer tax break, another sign of potential trouble for the soon-to-expire program....


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