Have you filed a federal tax return with your Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) recently? If not, it will expire on December 31, 2019. You still have time to renew your ITIN before the 2020 tax filing season. Find more information here www.irs.gov/itin | IRS

Beware of Internal Revenue Scams this tax season A victim recently reported to WCSO they were contacted by a male who claimed to work for Discover Credit card. The scammer said the victim needed to withdrawal cash and deposit it into a bitcoin machine to avoid Internal Revenue Service (IRS) fines and taxes. One red flag the victim noticed was that the call disconnected several times during her conversations with the scammer. In the end, the victim was defrauded out of $2,000. Tax season is almos