did nbc news care when the irs targeted conservatives specifically to intimidate them? the unconstitutional executive orders? they have this morning show, they attacked the presidents mental health on daily basis and what rachel maddow did tonight, if you can stomach -- i actually laughed, frankly harder than i have in ten years, was a flat out pathetic attempt to smear the president. i could not watch it with a straight face. it was sort of like an "snl" skit but better. piecing all these conspiracy pieces together, a russian oligarch knew that trump would be elected so we bought a property for him in florida. do they want to ask the guy who runs nbc, i wonder if he is a pretty wealthy guy? did he sell his property or ever make a profit back into thousand five or any other year? do they want to question if the moon landing actually occurred? this is the twilight zone. let me get this straight. russian new into thousand five that trump would be president in 2016 but if you watch the t nigo the last minute, nbc news did not think it was possible that donald trump would be

if this came from a source within the irs or leaking to someone else, that is a crime. this goes back to something we are talking about a lot. these -- inside these agencies are these individuals that are so opposed to anyidthing the president does that they would go to this extent to violate the law. should we be shocked? i handled the cases where the irs targeted conservative organizations. >> sean: the obama's paid 19% in 2015. not 11 years ago. here is my point, it is almost weekly now that the deep state obama holdovers are out there sabotaging -- we will have sara carter on laterbo tonight, laura ingraham, sara carter said there was a warrant in octobera and it was not against trump. they were debunked. night after night since november 8th, this false narrative keeps getting reported. this is what they have you believe at nbc tonight. donald trump sold a house to a russian oligarch in 2005. he made a big profit. they knew he would be president in 2016. and somehow he was buying influence way back then just in case he became president. there is something really i tw

you continue to pay the irs directly. making your check out to u.s. treasury. >> this is way down the road before you get to those guys. >> you dealt with the irs for a while. >> yes. this won't be i never heard that i owe. this will be, they've been receiving letters from the irs. even perhaps for years. >> thank you for your time. also your 30 years of work, patrick. >> you can call or #ask finney. reporting live. >> as michael said, our experts will be here until 8:00 this evening to answer your income tax questions. the number to call, 415-954-7621 of will. >> a great resource. you can now ask questions on twitter and facebook with the #ask finney. >> hi there. a beautiful day here in the bay area. temperatures so far, upper 60s. mid to upper 60s. all the way to the mid 70s inland. believe it or not, it is only going to get warmer. >> here's a look from our santa cruz camera. some people out enjoying the beach. 64 in san francisco. it is close the 70 in oakland. you're cooling down. enjoy the sun as we look toward the bay. a great day for sailing.

in both years, the irs impersonation scam was the leading offender. these lists reflect the calls made to our committee's toll free hotline. in 2015, hotline staff fielded more than 1,100 calls. last year, the hotline's call volume doubled to more than 2,200 calls. it's clear that our efforts are raising public awareness and more important, our efforts are producing real results. i look forward this morning to the testimony of the treasury inspector general's office on recent evolutions in the irs imposter scam such as the demand for payment in itunes gift cards to which mr. hatch and many others have fallen victim. raising awareness about the irs scam is particularly timely as we are in the midst of tax filing season. last may, thanks to the work of our hotline investigators, the i.g. arrested five individuals in connection with the irs imposter scam. federal authorities believe that these suspects stole almost $3 million from more than 1,200 victims. in october, 56 individuals and 5 call centers in india were indicted in another important case. in a

the irs believes the issue is relatively isolated. meantime, financial aid expert say getting this tool back up and running is vital to millions of students who are depending on federal financial aid. >> this will affect anybody who completes a fafsa, even though returning students, because you have to fill out a fafsa every single year. so, of course, it will affect them. >> now, while the irs will not tell us what specific criminal activity occurred, news 4 has confirmed that several leaders of the senate and house education committee has requested a briefing with the department of education about this outage. back to you. >>> "news 4 today" starts now. >>> it is 5:00 a.m. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. what do you like to call thursday? little friday? >> friday eve. >> something like that. >> rt mrp. >> metrorail juopened up. >> you still call it little friday even though you weren't here monday or tuesday? >> it's still friday, chuck. i can't change -- little friday, excuse me. now we're just co

our susan hogan uncovered a link to the irs. t they're responding. >>> also, competition is on the rise and it's good news for your pocketbook. how grocery stores are going after your business. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. how grocery stores are going after your business. maybe that's why we've been ranked highest in cutomer satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. get 150 meg internet, tv and phone. all for $79.99 per month, for the first year with a two-year agreement. it's the only internet with equal upload and download speeds. cable only offers upload speeds that are a fraction of the download speeds. plus get hbo for a year and free multi-room dvr service for two years. get the best. go to getfios.com y2ay0y y16fy >>> thousands may have their financial rewards packages delayed or they might not get any aid at all. consumer reporter susan hogan is with us now with the important information that you need to know. >> this infor

the irs blames the decline on budget cuts.you have questions about your taxes, we are going to have experts on hand today. you can chat with them on our cbssf page from noon to 2 p.m. and stay tuned in the next half- hour our consumer reporter julie watts is joining us live in the studio with tax tips you can't afford to miss. >>> 5:38. we'll introduce you to the youngest kid ever to make it to the national spelling bee coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, that's why there's oravet dental hygiene chews. oravet cleans teeth and gets to the cause bad breath. ask your vet about oravet chews. serious oral care made simple .cbs news busi >>> in 2016 the number of people audited by the irs fell for the 6th year in a row to just over 1 million. cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger breaks down this drop and reveals the most common red flags. good morning. that's not that we're complaining about this. but why have the audit levels slumped? >> reporter: the irs blames big cuts in 2010 the budget has shrunk by $1 billion from 12.2 to $11.2 bi

the irs and state tax agents both tell me these schemes have become so sophisticated, so good, so to speak, that they sometimes fool even the trained criminal investigator. while tax season may soon be coming to a close, state and federal investigators now tell me that tax fraud has quickly grown into a year-round problem. it is a problem with consequences for all taxpayers. >> pretty the button. >> reporter: like most parents, kayla calderon of east san jose would do anything for her kids. when the single mother of two received a threatening call from someone posing as the irs, she says she immediately feared for her family. >> the way they harass, you get scared. >> reporter: she says when the scammers called her they called armed with detailed information about her background and employment history, adding to their credibility. the callers demanded that she pay them $6500 immediately or, they said, she would be picked up by local law enforcement and arrested by the irs. >> how am i supposed to pay my bills? i don't have that kinds of money. and finally we went down to four -- $400.

if you get an e-mail from the irs, delete it. they'll never send out an e-mail or ever contact you by phone to collect a debt. the agency relies on good old-fashioned snail mail. nightly business report. >> that's interesting. tirs never sends an e-mail. >> that's good to know. >> on that note, news you can use. that's "nightly business report." i'm sue herera. we remind you, this is a time of year your public television station seeks your support. >> we'll see you back here tomorrow. >> "nightly business report" has been fund in the part by -- >> all it takes is a spark. one idea to take flight. the courage to seek the unknown, to innovate, disrupt, to move us all forward, to explore a different perspective. at nasdaq, we connect the world, its ideas, its capital, its businesses, the people that drive global economy. the future isn't tomorrow. it's right now. all it takes is a spark. nasdaq. for several centuries, scotland was ruled from london. parliament hadn't met here since 1707. recently, the scots voted to bring their parli

the irs is joining us this tuesday the tax tuesday consumer watch call in.o do you have tax questions to small business and personal taxes, we have gathered the experts this tuesday from noon to 2:00 to answer your tax questions. we'll be live on facebook at the cbs san francisco facebook page where we're answering your questions in realtime and live on facebook or call us on the hotline if you have something personal, call us between noon and 2:00 and these tax experts will be answering the phones. we have gathered experts from hr block and united way and nerd wallet so you can get those questions answered. now here's more in sports. >>> good morning, first of all, i got to give props to the basketball team, san francisco city champs last night. 41-40 over lou well. the bears came back from ten down to win it. pack 12 women's tournament, first sledded washington state -- -- shredded. washington state they have never beaten stanford and it wasn't going to happen last night. currently six 3 balls and 66- 36, they play oregon later today. they shocked washingt

not according to the irs. but a growing number of scammers cheat taxpayers. >> stephen scott uncovers this and a new development by scammers. hard to believe. >> the irs and state tax acts tell me these schemes have become so sophisticated, so good, so to speak, that they fool the trained investigators employed by them. while tax season may soon be coming to a close, tax fraud has grown into a year-round problem, a problem with consequences for all taxpayers. >> press the button. >> reporter: like most parents cara calderon of east san jose would do anything for her kids. when someone called as someone posing as the irs she immediately feared for her family. >> the way they harass, you get scared. >> reporter: she says when the scammers called her they called armed with detailed investigation about her background and employment history, adding to their credibility. they demanded that she pay them 6,500 immediately or she would be picked up by local law enforcement and arrested by the irs. >> how am i supposed

if you received a letter from the irs allowing you to appeal, then you can go directly to the officeeals section of the irs website. now, that's an independent organization within the irs. now, if there is no mention of an appeal, and you only got the bill, then you should contact the irs employee you've been working with or call the irs taxpayer service. terracita, good luck, take care and you also might want to call an attorney before you call the irs. >> if you have a question for michael finney, record it on your smartphone or tablet, share it on social with #askfinney. >>> a bad smell in the east bay, what's causing a foul odor and why you shouldn't be too concerned. >>> plus this is the breaking news we've been tracking on the peninsula. what is being done right now to get all the southbound lanes of highway 101 reopened in palo alto. >>> and while those couple of lanes are closed we are see delay form. up to just under 2 miles and you're down to 14 miles an hour approaching that scene. >>> plus the opening bell on wall street about to ring. will this is the story of green moun

so of course, it will affect them. >>> now, while the irs won't say what specific criminal activity several leaders of the senate and house committees requested a briefing from the department of education on this outage. congressman doggett is also filing legislation to streamline this entire application process. the legislation would also insure that data retrieval tool remains accessible to all students. jim. >> great follow-up. good new information there, susan, thank you so much. >> the food and drug administration is now confirming a link between a rare form of blood cancer and some breast implants. they made that announcement after receiving reports of nine dengts and more than 350 cases confirming the link. the cancer is a rare type of non-hodgkin's lymphoma. it can take ten years to develop after implant surgery and is more common in women who had implants with textures rather than smooth surfaces. infda says it's not sure why texture is associated with a higher risk. customer, you will soon be able to use your phone to get cash out of the atmark. wells fargo is upgrading thousands

and then he had to go to the irs and the irs said we can't help you. he waited a year to get his money back. >> a year. >> you finally came through for him. >> he got it back. >> new air conditioner, harry. >> let's go to our recovery counter. we're going to claim some recovery there. brings up to $387,276. money back for our viewers. >> nice work. if you have a consumer complaint for nbc 10 responds, fill out a form on nbc 10.com. also give us a call if you prefer. any way you do it we'll respond. >>> coming up tomorrow on nbc 10 responds, scammers pretend to be utility companies, threatening to shut off your power. now harry arms you with the information to keep the lights on and the scammers out of your wallet. that's tomorrow on nbc 10 news today. >>> here's a look at the other news we're following county by county. northhampton county, more than the name at the sands casino could be changing. mgm could have mobile checking and consearge service. >>> camdom county, cemetery vandalism in philadelphia and other vandalism. the remarks will come in the

first question, i've been trying to appeal with the irs about my penalties. to abate them? >> if you received a letter from the irs allowing you to appeal, then you can go directly to the office of appeals section of the irs website. now that's an independent organization within the irs. however, if there's no mention of an appeal and you only got a bill, then you should contact the irs employee you've been working with or you can call the irs taxpayer service. you might, however, want to call an attorney before you call the irs, depending on why and how much you owe. but follow their rules. you have to go through their process. >> thanks, michael. also carol from daly city asks what can you do when you have a problem with contractors? >> well, first of all, know that you're not alone. this is a very common complaint. there's a board that acts as an enforcer of california state law. they'll also help broker a deal between you and your contractor. if necessity, that might mean they'll interview both of you, try to figure out what's going on and they really tak

the irs believed the issue is relatively isolated. meantime, financial aid experts say getting this tool back up and running is important to millions of students. >> this will affect anybody who completes a fafsa, even those returning students because you have to fill out a fafsa every single year. so of course it will affect them. >>> now while the irs will not tell us what specific criminal activity occurred, news 4 has confirmed that several leaders of the senate a briefing with the department of education about this outage. back to you. >>> parents in d.c. could sob see how well their child's public school stacks up to other public schools in the district. according to "the washington post," the d.c. state board of education approved a five star rating plan last night. the ratings would be based on things like test scores and attendance. school leaders have until next month to submit the plan to the education department. >>> icloud threats putting your private informationing at risk. >> new overnight, apple's response to claims it

we told you how the irs removed the free tool.susan hogan explained, that action was a result of criminal activity. >> here is what we know. without warning, march 3rd, the irs removed the data retrieval tool link off the free application for federal student aid's website. also known as fafsa. the data retrieval tool all download their tax return information, including their parents. the irs called this a precautionary step following concerns that informationing from that tool could be potentially misused by identity thieves. the irs told us it saw things that were suspicious, but would not say exactly what that means nor would they confirm whether there was.an actual breach. the irs believes the issue was relatively isolated. >> meantime, financial aid experts say getting this tool back up and running is vital to millions of students who are depending on federal financial aid. >> this will affect anybody who completes a fafsa, even those returning students because you have to fill out a fafsa every single year. so, of course, it

. >> then, does the irs owe you money from three years ago. well, a million americans didn't file their tax returns for 2013. leaving $1 billion in unclaimed refund on the table. well now the clock is winding down on that deadline to finally collect. so, hear what you need to know if you think you might have a big check comingou >> hand me my money. >> please. >> how about a slice of hell? the pie generating so much outrage among pizza purists. we will tell you the toppings that sparked an all-out war for the soul of the slice. >> even i don't think it looks good. >> looks kind of good. it is wednesday. the first of march, people. >> oh, wow. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> a good morning to you all. a big day, of course. president trump's address. also a big day for our own kendis gibson, named "world news now," america this morning anchor. >> don't recognize it. introduce you. show you where they make the coffee. >> supposed to be talking to this camera, right. this morning we begin with, no, not quite. >> ha-ha. >>

. >> but the irs is not the culprit. there's a widespread procastration problem. >> we dove into the irs numbers and found that millions of people are not filing their returns as fast as they have in the past. through the middle of february, a total of 42.5 million returns were fired. at this point a year ago it was up to 49 million. same for 2015, 49 million. the data doesn't give the 6.5 million in between a good reason to wait this year. more than three quarters of us are getting money back. that's steady year to year. the average refund that risen. yet, we have millions of families letting uncle sam sit on their 3,000. why? we don't know. we do know this. if you rush to complete a form 1040 close to the deadline, you run the risk of making a mistake. the most common mistakes are missing a signature, a bad social security number or math that doesn't add up. electronic filing is statistically more accurate. the irs says forms filed on paper are 20 times more likely than electronic returns to have errors. 20 times. most

we don't hear that a lot that the irs owes us money. y year about a million americans fail to file their tax returns and they're owed money. here's the deal, these are ' a three-year deadline. if you don't file that tax return from 2013 by april 18 of this year bill, if the irs owes you money they keep it. why wouldn't someone -- i understand why people don't file when they're concerned that they owe a large amount of money. why wouldn't you file if you're owed? a great question. maybe folks work part-time, look, i don't owe any mourning i'm in the going to get anything back, i'm not going to file. whatever the reasons are. here's the point, even if you think you're pot going to get money back, it's still worth it for you you to file because there's a couple of different programs out there. our tax code, is a lobbyist's dream, a consumer nightmare, but it is what it is and there are certain carveout in there especially for works that are working, not making a lot of money that they can get money back. here in philadelphia they got 100,00

i'll be very shocked if we see the irs hacked. they have better system. >> and knowing the security with which these things are treated, donald trump has been an adult and filing taxes for a very long time and when you file for a mortgage, when you file to apply to different things you have to show lots of tax returns. versions of his tax returns have ended up all over the place, whether it's casino license applications, personal applications and somebody wanted this to be known. i believe this will not be the end of that. sit right there, we'll be right back. tonight we have posted donald trump's 2005 federal tax return. david cay johnston of dcreport.org is the man who obtained this. he stay with us as does chris hayes. we'll be joined by michael besh loss to talk about the historically unprecedented nature of this. stay with us. >>> so we have obtained donald trump's tax returns tonight, his 1040 from the year 2005, the first time his federal tax returns have been made public, have been obtained by any news organization since he

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but the irs says, if the bank won't return the money, you may have to sue the bank and the owner of thent. >> i definitely feel like this system is broken. >> reporter: the couple were able to fill out a special form with the irs and after four months they finally got their tax refund. a mistake caitlyn won't make again and after sharing her story she hopes you won't either. >> someone's rightful money should have been given back to them. >> now, with these types of automated payments the agency issuing the money the irs must guarantee the accuracy of the account number it's sending it to but no one is required to make sure that account number matches up with your name. so really it's up to you to make sure you give them the right number but bottom line it shouldn't deter you from filing online and doing it direct deposit because really that's the safest best way to prevent identity theft. triple check the numbers. as you should with all tax. we get a lot of complains saying somebody else filed my taxes and filled it out and it was wrong. >> check everything on the tax form. >>> coming

it involves people pretending to be from the irs. this year it may be harder to tell when the crooks are calling. we'll explain it after the break. >>> we just got an update to the breaking news we've been following out of cincinnati. city officials say a conflict between at least two people, possibly two groups escalated into the early morning mass shooting at this nightclub in cincinnati. according to police, 15 people were shot. one of the victims is dead. no reports of any arrests right now. i did just check with the cincinnati police twitter account. they will have a news conference at 11:00 this morning. so we may get more information then. >>> out west in las vegas, police have a man in custody who they say shot people at random on a bus and barricaded himself on that bus for hours. >>> s.w.a.t. team members used that flash bang to cokes the man off the bus. he surrendered without incident. authorities say e he shot two people on board. one of them died. >>> now to news overseas, north korea is threatening a preemptive strike a

but the irs certainly wasn't investigated enough. want one standard articulated and applied both to the obama/holder/lynch department of justice and the trump/sessions department of justice. i -- i thought you were bringing me in to talk with jc treader and the browns dominating free agency. >> i am not sure you have heard the news in the last few minutes. you have a new quarterback. america's most famous cleveland browns here, let me be the first to congratulate you on your team's acquisition of brock osweiler and his $16 million contract. good luck with that. >> actually what we have is a second round draft choice in next year's draft and a guy who going to move through cleveland so fast he won't have time to get through the terminal to your. that's an nba move. super bowl 2018, steve kornacki. >> from 1-15 he is already at the super bowl. hugh hewitt. thanks for joining us. >>> another legal showdown may be looming over president trump's new immigration order. >> in our view, this new executive order contains many of the same legal

what does the irs say about this? we'll tell you coming up on "news4 at 5:00." >> thank you, susan. >>> asking someone to the prom is awkward for many. >> oh, yeah. >> remember that? that was a little bit awkward. one school thinks they found a fix. it could have been the other way around. >> we are talking about unconventional match-making. yeah. and you have to see this one to believe it. you are watching "news4 midday." >>> welcome back. this is a story you're likely to hear quite a bit about today. >> yeah, we can't stop talking about it. an illinois high school taking a different approach to the much-anticipated prom season. the students determine their prom date via a random drawing. here's how it works. the boys draw the names of girls at random in the library -- in the library -- >> okay. >> while the girls wait for them in the gym. and then the boys, they comeut and they perform a skit before they reveal who their date is. >> i think most people are in disbelief. and a lot of people think they would hate it. i

guest: privacy is camouflage. , the republican party in 2014 investigated lois lerner , the head of the irs, went into the tax returns, the ways and means committee voted to look organizationss of who they felt did not meet the right-wing definition. throughrummaging people's private business. this is not. when he ran for office, president trump said he was going to give us his tax returns. why has that changed because he's become the president. i didn't stand up at a rally and say would you give it that she offered that information -- he offered that information. host: i want you to respond to kevin brady yesterday. here's what he had to say about demanding the tax returns of a president, what that could mean for private citizens. [video clip] >> this committee has at times sought tax return information as part of our legislative response ability to oversee the administration of our nation's tax code. this would be the first time the committee has exercised authority to look into the texture and of a single individual with no ties to any investigation within our jurisdiction. furthermore,

if you get a call or e-mail from someone claiming to be the irs, hang up and contact the attorney general's >>> you see its shoe the it our fresco users show you what's happening in your your neighbor much dawn, what's going on tonight. >> iain a group of young students in cherry hill recognize of noised for success in the steam fields. students from jcc katz early childhood center. the competition included challenges involving science, technology, engineering art and math. >>> fresco user nick takes us to the community college of philadelphia for a program to help immigrants. mayor jim kenney leads the pathways to success for immigrants community forum. the event's goal to help skilled immigrants who are unemployed or under employed pursue further education or get a professional license. >>> and more than 100 residents had to be evacuated from the their nursing home tonight in quakertown all because of a broken water pipe. fresco user rich shared this video from the independence nursing home. management moving residents elsewhere because of a flood on that property. >>> when you see news h

third reform, we bust up the irs. we busted up. simpler fair tax code demands a fair tax collector and that's why this agency that has the power to destroy families and businesses will not have that power going forward. going to make make them focus on you, the taxpayer. we need you, if we leave this to washington it will never happen. we have to have we the people behind us. we need you to be involved, stay vocal stay vocal and active until congress to get this done. this is the year. it's not not our tax code america. it's yours. let's get it done. god bless you. >> mr. chairman a wonderful remark the first question is, on behalf of the top tax person in the congress on the republican side or on any side at this point in time are you prepared to say that taxation is a moral issue, the confiscation of wealth at any time that should be considered an immoral lens. >> these are your hours and your work. this is your innovation and creativity. this is the value you bring to our economy. you ought not have that hard work confiscated by

didn't they say that about the irs? y say the same about the justice department targeting reporters, hacking into e-mails and phone calls, that it was silly but could never happen and did? james rosen comes to mind. let's say been there, been burnt by that after this. i realize that ah, that $100k is not exactly a fortune. well, a 103 yeah, 103. well, let me ask you guys. how long did it take you two to save that? a long time. then it's a fortune. well, i'm sure you talk to people all the time who think $100k is just pocket change. right now we're just talking to you. i told you we had a fortune. yes, you did. getting closer to your investment goals starts with a conversation. schedule a complimentary goal planning session today. >> neil: all right. bogus, waste of time. that's the way mainstream media has been talking about the prior president was wiretapping him. republican strategist janna caldwell joining us. we have rachel campos and scott bolden. janna, part of this collective dismissal is based on the notion it co

you know, the irs targeted conservative organizations, i believe illegally. the head of that unit at the irs was at the obama white house 24 times meeting with advisers. she pleaded the fifth amendment, they deleted e-mails. there was never an investigation, never a special prosecutor. and for them to say that the president didn't know about the irs issue, it is another thing where i think if somebody looks into this, they might find there is a lot more there. laura: newsmax ceo chris ruddy speaking to katty kay. in other news from around the frenchleaders of the center right republican party have unanimously backed embattled presidential candidate francois fillon in next month's election. mr. fillon lost support after being told he faced full investigation for embezzlement. he denies the charges. earlier the former prime minister juppe ruled out stepping in to replace him. the u.s. supreme court has decided not to rule and a landmark case involving the bathroom rights of transgender students. the court referred the case of gavin grimm back to a lower court af

then the new york times reports that the irs facing deep cuts under the president. the white house budget office has proposed a 14% cut to the fiscal year beginning in october. at 12ars ago it stood billion. 13 .6 billion when adjusted for inflation. there is also this story that the president may give the pentagon leeway -- and you may also want to read the story in the washington the president visiting the nuclear aircraft carrier yesterday.d the 100,000 ton carrier cost expected to and its be commission later this year after delays. john f. kennedy is under construction scheduled to be commission. you can go to c-span.org to watch what he had to say. we will try to get in a couple more voices. susan from the dutch susan from new york. -- susan from new york. yes, i definitely think we need an independent investigation. trump has been sketchy from day one. if he would simply release his tax returns, that would solve a lot of the problem. we definitely have to follow the money trail. wilbur -- i believe wilbur ross would be the next one. the public needs to hear wh

people are saying that the irs this, the irs that.s far as i'm concerned, they need to get rid of the irs and throw them all in jail. host: roseanne in san diego, california. democrat. caller: hi. i just can't believe what anybody trusts donald trump after the last 60 days or whatever it has bn. 60 days of nightmares. but i do hope that the senate or the congress will subpoena his tax returns. they don't need necessarily to be published so that we know, but somebody, especially on the democrat side because republicans are just lapdogs, the democrats will tell us if they find any kind of dishonesty, which i fully expect they will. but also whether there are any ties to any other country that would be revealed if he would just release those tax forms. he is obviously hiding something. republicans are happy with him doing that. they don't care. but it is something that the american people should know. we don't need to know the numbers. we need to know if he is a liar or if he is a crook, the winick way back-- nexen was then -- the way ri

. >> coming up the rest of jail from scammers posing as irs agents. >> the way they harassed, you get scared. >> we investigate a tax scam that's sweeping the country. how it works and how not to fall victim to it. >>> so, could an itunes gift card help settle a tax debt? not according to the irs or a lot of common sense, but a growing number of scammers use these type of gift cards to cheat taxpayers out of thousands of dollars. >> it's fooling a lot of people. senior investigator stephen stock joining us now and has been covering these scams for years and this evening he uncovers a whole new level of sophistication on the part of the scammers >> reporter: irs and state tax agents both tell me that these schemes have become so sophisticate and so good, so to speak, that they sometimes fool even trained criminal investigators, and while tax season may soon be coming to a close, state and federal investigators tell us that tax fraud has quickly grown into a year-round problem, a problem with consequences for all taxpayers. >> press the button. >> reporter: lick most parents kayla calde

we have been to be from the irs. >> now, a change to the tax agency may cause more confusion.enberg reports. >> they did threaten me. >> greg said he's gotten numerous threatening phone calls in the past few months from criminals falsely claiming to be irs employees. >> people telling me that i'm going to be locked up. you know it's all scams. >> a scam call like this. >> the irs is filing a lawsuit against you. >> that irs criminal investigations special agent robert on his government issued phone. >> anyone can get the call. >> especially now during tax time. they come from people claiming you owe back taxes and threatening arrest if you don't make an immediate payment by a prepaid debittt card, itunes card or wire transfer. things legitimate irs workers never do. >> i received one of the messages as well and called back the springfield, illinois, er >> your call cannot be completed as dials. >> if you receive one of the calls, immediately hang up. don't engage the individual on the phone. you don't know who they are, what they're capable of. >> it's long been said that the

the irs isn't the culprit here. we're tracking wide spread procrastination problem. >> we dove into the irs's numbers and found that millions of people are simply not filing their returns as fast as they have in the past. check this out. through the middle of february a total of 42.5 million returns were filed. but at this point a year ago it was already up to 49 million. same for 2015. 49 million. the data doesn't give the 6.5 million people in between a good reason to wait this year. more than three-quarters of us are getting money back. that is steady year to year and the average refund has risen. and yet we have millions of families letting uncle sam sit on their three grand. why? we don't know. but we do know this. if you rush to complete a form 1040 close to the april 18th deadline you run the risk of making an error. the most common mistakes are forgetting your signature, reporting a wrong social security and simple math that doesn't add up. if you insist on pushing the envelope and electronic filing is stati

the felony. now, i don't know that it was an irs leak that got this tax return. do not know that. >> the copy that we saw this morning says client copy on it. we have all scene these stamps, client copy. we get them from our accountant and the reason we're chuckling, it almost appears as though this was pursue loined from someone in the trump organization or wherever the president keeps or kept in 2005 his personal records. look, the law is clear. the thief is culpable. the publisher is not. so, if i'm out on the street corner of 6th avenue and 48th and i stumble across stuart varney's tax returns, besides it would take a wheelbarrow and move them. stuart: take that smile off your face. do you think would your president leaked this himself? >> no. stuart: you're not sure. >> i fully agree with liz, it makes him look, generous, law awiding, wealthy, all things he's claimed to be. stuart: proves his point. >> why she waited 23 minutes to deliver this and the mechanism of the hoe is just the way they chose to do their show, but it doesn't look good for them this morn

america need to practice to be free to practice their faith without worrying about washington or the irsargeting their religious freedom. in our tax reform -- so in our republican tax reform, we're going to repeal the damaging effects of the johnson amendment once and for all. one thing we all know, america needs to be competitive again because we're not. we have to lower the taxes. we have to take less as the government from families and businesses. this means in our job -- in our tax reform plan, washington will take less from creators so they can invest more in their businesses, their workers and the future. we propose the lowest tax rate on business in modern history for all businesses of all sizes. we take historic action, the greatest step in history, to unleash business investment to grow our local economies and we redesign that big huge international tax system so the american businesses and workers can compete anywhere in the world and win, especially here at home. that is so important because today our american workers, our rm farmers, our businesses are competing with one hand

be warned it isn't the irs. no matter what the caller claims the irs says it's best to just hang up. the agency will always contact you by mail first. >>> we told you this story yesterday. academy award winning movie star gave a surprise birthday gift to one of the biggest fans. >>> 87-year-old pat adams had a big crush on george clooney. keeps a picture by her bed. on sunday guess who showed up with flowers? george clooney is here. you might be pulling my leg. he put his arm around me and i said well this gets better by the minute. >> i love her. it turns out that clooney and his wife live just down the road. the staff sent him a letter about pat. he agreed to surprise her. how great is that. >> what am i not getting about george clooney. why do you women sort of melt. >> whoa. i would just like to say i would love flowers from ryan gosling. if anybody would love to help me out with that. that's my wish. how do we transition into this. let's just go. boulevard. >>> let's start around 17th street. where we're wat

. >> well, let's start with the irs. we learned that it removed a voix tall link within the application known as fafsa. that link enabled you to automatically retrieve your w-2s from the irs and put them in the application. applicants are thinking it's working only to be kicked out of the application and forced to start all over again. as a result of this data retrieval tool not working scammers are taking advantage of you so do not respond to any e-mails asking student to give them their common app information and also provide copies of their and students who were asked to fax the irs, we learned that those numbers, some of them are incorrect. bottom line, if you have applied for fafsa you need to check your verification. what does the irs say about this? we'll tell you coming up on news4 at 5:00. >>> good morning. i'm landon dowdy. ebay takes a shot at amazon. it's reallying out guaranteed delivery this summer of three days or list on 20 million listed items. the service comes at no additional cost. that's your morning

what to do with people who are already painted to the irs now? to they get a tax tax rebate? t as it work? >> i think repeal happens in the next week or two. we are not quite on the same page of what is on the bill but some form of repeal will pass in the next week or two. there will be a vote on replacement. some people want that to be in the same boat. i think it is to be separated. >> i want to get to something in your bill that you hear constituents talk about. that is pre-existing conditions. you are calling for a situation where there would be a two year enrollment time. do do you think that language will make it into the bill that you haven't seen that's locked up. what happens after the two years? >> what happens in two years as we legalize associations my hope is that over to your timeframe there's no individual left in the individual market. there are 11,000,000 people who are struggling right now in the individual market, my hope is that every one of them will join an association, when they get in an association that protects you from pre-existing conditions. an ass

i hope the epa is received better than the irs in the years ahead and we can, we can be that kind of partner with the state by sending a message to them it is about compliance, it is about assistance. it is not about punishment. get about the business of achieving good out comings to. >> you want to be more popular than the irs? >> yes. >> that someone called that soft bigotry of low expectations. >> do a little and you will get a lot done. >> probably certainly beat colon cancer in terms of popularity. >> i think we're already making good progress, kevin. the epa is good example of what you're talking about here. we talk about the problem of uncertainty which is largely related to the fact that congress delegate too much power to the administrative agencies in a lot of people's views. the epa is often held up as example of that. clean air act, clean water act. they go all sorts of crazy directions with it. take things further than they probably should. but at the same time do we really think congress has the competency to deal with these things on granular nuts and bolts kind of iss

people are scared to death of the irs. thing from the government, i'm here to help you. the fact of the matter is the irs along with some other agencies should be downsized and basically made a collection agency. >> but there's typically something like $450 billion in terms of a gap that people don't -- that is not captured by the government, even though we should be getting that. what do you do about that part of it? >> well, i mean, look, we need to capture what's needed. but we don't need to capture what's not needed. the irs does a pretty good job of going after people that really have done nothing wrong, and so forth. so they need to have the rules rewritten, they need to be smaller, they need to be a agency that people don't fear, and just like i said, be a collection agency and collect what we're due and not what we're not due. >> congressman, great to have you on the program. hope to see you again soon. when we return, blackrock is putting machines before people. we're going to take a closer look at that move straig