The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has posted a series of video tax tips on You Tube. These videos are very short and cover one extremely specific topic.

The videos are available in English, American Sign Language, and Multilingual, which is mainly Spanish, although a few of the videos are in an Asian tongue.

You may view the videos at You Tube's IRS channel.

Who knew that the IRS was so current on technological trends.

Do not respond to, or click any links on any email that supposedly pertains to an IRS notice or deficiency.

First, the IRS NEVER sends any tax notice via email - it is always via regular mail.

Second, the emails being forwarded to us from our clients indicate that the email address is part of your taxpayer id. A taxpayer id does not contain an email address. A taxpayer id is either a social security number for individuals, or a Federal Employer ID Number (FEIN) for all other taxpayers.

Lastly, if you hover your mouse over any link (without clicking), you will notice the real destination of the link. Many are going outside the United States.

This is just a phishing scam to get names and social security numbers for the purpose of identity theft.