Your only IRS news source! Click on each item to read full story.   Some IRS tax rebate checks going to wrong accounts (USA Today) read story About 1,500 tax rebate checks sent out by the IRS this month were wired to the bank accounts of people who already received their payments or others who were not entitled to the money.   IRS says up to 350,000 didn't get child credit (San Francisco Chronicle) read story As many as 350,000 households are not getting the $300 per child refund owed as part of economic stimulus rebate payments, the Internal Revenue Service said Thursday. The IRS says taxpayers' error and problems with commercial tax preparation software were...   E-mail from 'IRS' looks legit, but beware (Miami Herald) read story Q. I received an e-mail purporting to be from the IRS, asking for my credit card information so my income tax refund can be sent to the card account.   Local CPA Honored in Top 50 2008 IRS Practitioners (Centre Daily Times) read story Jane Searing, a Shareholder with Clark Nuber, a CPA and consulting firm in Bellevue, was chosen as one of CPA Magazine's "Top 50 IRS Practitioners" for 2008. The magazine went to great lengths to identify the cast of 50 experts having extensive experience representing clients before the IRS in their various areas of expertise. Searing and the 49 other practitioners from around the U.S. were ...   Report: IRS deposited some tax rebate checks in wrong accounts (USA Today) read story The IRS has deposited some stimulus checks in the wrong bank accounts, according to Newsday. "We do know of instances of problems; we've heard of situations where stimulus checks have gone to the wrong people's bank accounts," Kevin McKeon, a...   IRS: Some Stimulus Checks Hit Wrong Bank Accounts (CBS4 Miami) read story Uncle Sam wants you to e-file your taxes, get your refund deposited directly into your bank account, and let the IRS electronically send you your federal economic stimulus check. You'd think they could zap your money in the right bank account, but according to a report in New York Newsday, the feds are apparently e-delivering the dollars into the wrong bank accounts.   Beware of fake IRS emails (The News & Observer) read story Beware of emails, supposedly from the IRS, that promise to speed up your economic stimulus tax rebate. They’re nothing but a scam.   IRS says up to 350,000 didn't get child credit (The San Luis Obispo Tribune) read story As many as 350,000 households are not getting the $300 per child refund owed as part of economic stimulus rebate payments, the Internal Revenue Service said Thursday. The IRS says taxpayers' error and problems with commercial tax preparation software were responsible for the problem affecting a tiny percentage of the 130 million taxpayers expected to benefit from the refunds the government began ...   IRS bungles stimulus rebate payments (Yahoo! Tech Advisors) read story If you have your hopes set on a big "economic stimulus" payment arriving in your bank account any day now, you might have to wait a bit longer. The IRS has announced that a subset of taxpayers is affected by a glitch that is delaying rebates sent to them . The issue affects people who used a service or software program to do their 2007 taxes and opted to have the fee for those services ...   IRS: Rebate Error Shortchanges Some (Time Magazine) read story Up to 350,000 households aren't getting the $300 per child owed them as part of their economic stimulus rebate payments due to human error and computer glitches