The I.R.S. Really Doesn’t Want to Hear From You<br />For example, the title of one listed by the agency was this: “Ordering a tax transcript a ‘secret way’ to get a refund date.”<br />That does not sound like anything anyone has said to me ever, even if you interpret the sentence to mean that people use their refunds to go out on a date and the agency will help hook you up.<br />In the rare instances when the agency might call about an overdue tax return, the agency wants you to know, you will have received letters first.<br />Not as in “Don’t call us, we’ll call you,” but “Don’t call.<br />In a recent news release about “early filing season myths,” a number of the purported myths come down to: Don’t call us.<br />Normal people dread having contact with the agency, aside from sending in their tax return, and, if they are fortunate, getting a refund.<br />After that, the scammers call you up and say that there has been a mistake,<br />and you got a refund you shouldn’t have, and they’re from a collection agency.<br />calling these things “myths.” Myths are things people actually believe.<br />They don’t call, they don’t send email, they don’t demand money from you in Instagram posts.<br />Is the Most Convenient Way to Get Answers to Tax or Refund Questions.” Again, nope, nope, nope.<br />tells us that many swindles begin with a threatening phone call from the agency.
