Per the IRS Education Provider Standards this course must be COMPLETED by 12/31/2026 to receive credits
Compiled annually, the "Dirty Dozen" lists a variety of common scams that taxpayers may encounter. Explore the Dirty Dozen tax scams with Susan Harper, Certified Fraud Examiner, and former Internal Revenue Agent of 34 years. With 20 years of instructing CPE courses, Susan will deliver an entertaining and informative discussion to address what these scams involve. Don't let your clients fall prey to these scammers. Lastly, throughout the course, she will share interesting case stories and the consequences of committing such fraud.
Publication Date: May 2023
Topics Covered
- Charitable Remainder Annuity Trusts
- Foreign Individual Retirement Arrangements
- Foreign Captive Insurance
- Monetized Installment Sales
- COVID-Related Fraud
- Office-in-Compromise Mills
- Anonymous Solicitations
- Spear Phishing
- Hidden Offshore Accounts & Digital Assets
- High-Income Non-Filers
- Abusive Syndicated Conversation Easements
- Abusive Microcaptive Insurance Arrangements
Learning Objectives
- Recognize the Dirty Dozen Tax Scams
- Recognize how to educate Clients to Avoid Falling Prey to Scammers
- Recognize the Consequences of Participating in a Tax Scam
Level
Basic
Instructional Method
Self-Study
NASBA Field of Study
Taxes (2 hours)
Program Prerequisites
None
Advance Preparation
None
Instructor
Susan Harper
Susan Harper, Certified Fraud Examiner, began her career as an Internal Revenue Agent with the Internal Revenue Service in 1988. She joined the first Abusive Tax Avoidance Transaction group in 2002 before becoming a Fraud Enforcement Advisor in 2008 through 2021 where she helped other auditors, who identified first indicators of fraud in their examinations. Later, Susan joined Research, Applied Analytics, and Statistics in 2021 and recently retired as the Technical Advisor to the Chief Operating Officer. Susan has been instructing CPE seminars for 25 years and looks forward to interacting with her audience for many years to come.