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Received several request from department with this telephone # .  Notice CP518  notice to call 1-800-829-0922

What should I do I have answered this by mail

just received letter about my filing of  2014 tax ,the letter states i filed on dec .31 2014 .but i have not filed yet .I'm calling IRS now been on hold of 15 already .oh boy

If you receive a letter from the "IRS" with this phone number on there, be wary.  The number IS an IRS phone number, however, on a fake letter it will have an "option" to fax your information (which includes a space for your taxpayer identification number/employer identification number).

The last part is what they are really after, they need your taxpayer identification number and/or your employer identification number.  The fax number listed on the letter (as of right now) is: 1-559-456-7233, this is NOT A VALID NUMBER (OR FAX NUMBER) FOR THE IRS.

Someone has stolen your Social Security Number and is trying to get your taxpayer ID/Employer ID...NEVER GIVE THIS OUT OVER FAX, EMAIL or the PHONE.

If you get a letter from the IRS, no matter how "legit" it seems, use the phone numbers on the irs.gov website to make sure you are calling a VALID number.  Then and ONLY then give information like SS#, Employer ID, Taxpayer ID to verified IRS agents.

My husband died august 28 in 2014.  It has ben impossible for me to get any information about some money owed in taxes.
which I did not have any knowledge of.  I found out from the treasury department by surprise that I owed $13,795.  My
income from SS is 1500 a month plus 2000 in rent property that is old and I have to maintain monthly.
I do not have enough money to live on with out any additional expense.

I got the same letter, but it had my social security on it and the toll free number 800-829-0992. Letter says I owe taxes from 2012.  I have turned the letter and information including my first contact from a person posing as an IRS Agent that called me from a Washington DC number that is out of service, when I tried to call it back.

The best thing to do is turn the letter over to your State's Attorney General or at least let them look at it. Oh and when they do call you back, from that 800 number it is probably going to be from a different area code and number. I know I have more than 14 calls from different people in different states trying to collect money for the IRS.

i just got the same letter about us not filing our 2012 taxes. My husband passed away April 2013.  I got an extension and my account sent the paper work in later in the year.
It also said I have a tax credit
Not sure what to make of it. I will be calling my account assp

Not clear what you are saying.   If there is a tax liability on your part or on your deceased husband's part, you should have received a notice of tax liability by mail.  But you say it has been impossible for you to get information on a tax liability?

If you feel you cannot pay the current liability, then you should contact a local licensed Enrolled Agent or a CPA and see if you can reach some sort of compromise.   Situations where one party on a joint return type situation dies, can be complicated and you might need professional help.

I am an Enrolled Agent with the IRS (inactive) .  I can tell you that in general  most IRS personnel are more than happy to work with the taxpayer in an attempt to resolve any liability.

But you should get professional assistance.

See:http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/Understanding-Your-CP518I-Notice

I also received a letter from so called IRS the letterhea: IRS Department of The Treasury Fresno CA n a toll free number to call 1 800 829 0922. Same like you guys it looks legit but Mine is different from all you.   The letter was sent to me my name and a guy's complete name that I don't have a clue who he is. It was made to look like he is my partner, husband or some [***] ass. The letter stating they need my assistance in updating their records. The form asking to fill the address requested and get this in order to make changes to my address my signature is required.

 This scumbags must be caught and persecuted. Targeting honest, hard working citizens like you and me.

We work our ass off so my family and  I will  not be a burden to our government. We need to help each other get this SCUMS evil people.

what kind of nerve racking they have my complete physical and mailing address. This scary..... I no longer feel safe.

I would call the phone number that appears on the IRS.gov site and not the phone number on the letter.

That is the only way to truly verify the validity of past due taxes owed.

I got a letter with this phone # in it on 7/16/15, saying I hadn't filed my return. I not only filed it on time, my check which was included had been cashed in April.

I called the # and got voicemail loops which sounded legit. One required I input my SS# and then I got cut off. I got suspicious and called ITS' Identity Theft division which has a 180 day waiting period and didn't even pick up the call. (They said, after about 10 minutes, to call back.)

I called IRS' main # and finally spoke with someone after an hour on hold. I was told my return wasn't processed until 7/1, hence the letter. I asked him to verify the 800-829-0922 # was an IRS #. He confirmed it is. Phew!

Not True! I confirmed with IRS it IS their # after getting a letter with taht # on it.

I received my letter on July 16, 2015 saying that I owe taxes plus interest for cashing duplicate refund checks for the
tax year 2013. What happened in Rhode Island to thousands of us is that the overnight sorters at the main
Providence post office were stealing the tax refund checks. So of course we all got replacement checks (eventually),
But then we cashed our replacement check while the fraudsters cashed the stolen checks -- 1.6 million dollars worth.
Why the IRS couldn't put a stop payment on the stolen checks is beyond me.
These sorters have been arrested but they are out on bail. I don't imagine they had any trouble making the bail!
Now the IRS is trying to get the money out of the victims instead of going after the bad guys (whose names and
addresses are known). Or maybe not. Maybe that letter was not from the IRS -- maybe it was an attempt by those
sorters to expand the fraud.

My letter was from the IRS office in Andover, MA. Payment was supposed to be made to Fresno, CA,  which is not
the usual place for RI residents. My husband called the RI Attorney General office. His advice was to NOT call the
number in that letter. Unfortunately I had already called the number and had punched in my social security number
but luckily did not reach anyone. In a panic, I called back a few more times and punched in erroneous social
security numbers.

History:  We complained in 2014 that are IRS refund check had not arrived.
They then sent us a replacement check without apparently cancelling the
original check. Up to this point no problem. The in 2015 our 2014 IRS check
was not forthcoming. We complained. We then get a letter stating that we had
cashed both of the 2013 IRS refund checks. They (IRS) sent us a copy of the
cashed checks. One (the original missing one) contained an obvious forged
signature. Any person with an IQ of 20 or more would have realized this. The
bank cashing this bogus signature check is in in a state which we have never
been in. (State and bank name omitted to protect the guilty !). The first
mailing from the IRS regarding this problem asked for information which we
promptly supplied. The due date for this information wa slate July. Within a
week of teh original submission of this information we get a very nasty
form letter from a DIFFERENT  supposedly valid IRS site demanding we pay the
amount that was contained on the IRS 2013 refund check. The letter looked
like it came from a phony "IRS scam" site. We called our state Attorney General's
office. Their advise was to have NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS SECOND SITE
until one can independently verify that this was a valid IRS site. How this was to
be done was somewhat vague--like contacting a second supposedly valid IRS site.
If this seems like a catch 22 problem you are not alone.
Some possible suggestions on how to proceed if you have such problems:

1. Contact your local state attorney general's off ice for their advise;
2.If you live in Andover Mass contact the local police to investigate that site
    (if appears that this is the town originating these scare tactic letters)
3. Contact the FBI for help investigating a possible IRS scam
4. Contact local media like TV Radio stations of Newspapers to see if
    others are being subject to such scare tactics and  find what the media
    thinks about such things--maybe they can verify tyhat these are really
    just nothing more than IRS scam-ers rather than valid IRS but back PR sites.
5. If this site is a valid IRS site --question how does one distinguish this from
   a typical invalid IRS site that is just out to get more money from you or me.
6. If these "IRS mailing" are  IRS form letters, then one should ask if these mailings
   were copied from valid IRS mailings by scam artists and then resent from
    a third site. How can one tell.
7. If these mailings were true IRS ones then maybe they need a new PR person
    i.e., one that does not authorize sending forms that look like they are from IRS
     scam-ers. Did the IRS hire an IRS-scam-er: as their current PR person ????
8. Contact your local Congressman or US Senator for aid --maybe they can
   help--they might be interested in such IRS scams or tactics?
9. Contact Senators and/or Congressmen on the IRS over-site committees in
    in congress maybe they can put a stop to these things???
10. Contacting the ACLU for possible violations of the US constitution's Bill
   of rights :
    here especially the fourth (illegal seizure of assets)
      the fifth no person shall be deprived of property without due process
             (what ever that means from an IRS viewpoint)
       the 6-th public trial
        the 8-th on excessive fines
   any maybe others as well.

I our case we believe our check was part of a widespread operation of
stealing IRS refund checks and then either reselling these stolen checks
or cashing them in by the original thieves. The people involved here were
subsequently arrested and were found tto have in their possession stolen but
uncashed checks worth over a million dollars as well as many thousands of dollars
(presumably from other checks they had sold or cashed in themselves). Note AS
FAR AS WE KNOW THE IRS HAS NOT GONE AFTER EITHER THE ORIGINAL THIEVES
OR THE BANKS THAT WERE CASHING THESE STOLEN CHECKS. It is maybe easier
the scare individual taxpayers in coming up with the money rather than banks who have
lawyers on hand to defend their questionable practices..The problem individuals has
is a parody on an old joke:

THIS IS THE LAST TIME WE ARE PAYING THREE CENTS (POSTAGE) TO TELL
YOU THAT YOU HAVE A BANK BALANCE OF 2 CENTS.

Only difference here is spending several thousands for a lawyer to collect or defend
oneself over  a much less amount of money. This is  how to intimidate
one without being guilty of anything. RIGHT!!!!

The letter is legit and a copy of it can be found on the IRS.gov website.  Search on the IRS website for letter 5591.  It is dated for July , 2015, or "Letter 5591 (7-2015)."  It is found in the section of the website that has notices and letters from the IRS.

That being said, I think there is such a backlog with IRS taxes that people are being sent the letter that have already filed taxes on-time.  If that is the case, disregard the letter. My taxes were filed on-time with form 8962, so I am not going to worry about it.

If you received this letter by US mail, take the latter down to the post office and have the postal inspectors look at it.   This is most likely some sort of mail fraud.

This is most likely a scam of some sort.  You're best bet is to take the letter to a local IRS office and have them look at it.

Federal tax refunds are generally not taxable.

Also, take the letter to the local post office and have the postal inspectors look at it.  This is also mail fraud.

Rhode Island residence file their federal income taxes at either Kansas City Mo, or Hartford Conn.  Depending on whether there is a tax refund due the taxpayer, or a tax liability to the US Treasury.

See:   http://www.irs.gov/uac/RHODE-ISLAND-Where-to- ... x-Professionals

Looks to me like blatant fraud.

See:  http://www.irs.gov/uac/Where-To-File-Addresses-for-Tax-Professionals

This shows you were to file taxes depending on where you live.