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In Advance Of Tax Day, Brown Alerts Ohio Taxpayers To Rising Rate Of Tax Refund Fraud Through Identity Theft
CLEVELAND, OH- Identity theft by criminals fraudulently obtaining tax returns is turning into an epidemic, with more than two million suspected fraudulent tax returns currently under review by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today joined Michael Bucalo, of Akron, whose ident...…Read More
Posted on 4/11/2012 | -
Sen. Brown Urges VA Sec. Shinseki to Alert Veterans of All Available Tax Benefits
On Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Awareness Day, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today urged U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Sec. Eric Skinseki to include information on federal benefits like the EITC in its Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents publication. “The Federal Be...…Read More
Posted on 1/27/2012 | -
Brown Announces That More Than 2,000 Ohio Taxpayers Have Unclaimed Tax Refunds
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced that 2,015 Ohioans have unclaimed tax refunds owed to them by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Inaccurate addresses have caused these funds to be returned by the U.S. Postal Service. “More than 2,000 Ohioans can receive previo...…Read More
Posted on 12/9/2011 | -
After Public Push by Brown and 3 Other Senators, IRS and Bureau of Prisons Sign Agreement to End Fradulent Tax Returns Filed By Prisoners
Last Month, Senators Urged Agencies to End the Bureaucratic Impasse and Crack Down on Illegal Activity Fraudulent Tax Returns Filed By U.S. Prisoners Doubled Over the Last Five Years; New Agreement Will Help Put End to Practice WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, United States Senators Sherrod Brown (...…Read More
Posted on 2/2/2011 | -
Following Intervention by Sen. Brown, IRS Rules that Ohio Veteran Bonuses are Not Taxable
Following urging from U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) stated definitively that veterans’ bonuses are not taxable income, citing IRS Revenue Ruling 68-158. “Nothing is more important than honoring Ohio veterans. The men and women of the armed fo...…Read More
Posted on 8/31/2010 |