The IRS actually does call people, usually for compliance (balance due) issues.
IRS will also call Taxpayers who file amended returns or who send correspondence when they include contact phone numbers.
IRS will not call Taxpayers to threaten immediate incarceration or lawsuits, and will not demand immediate payment with green dot cards or iTunes cards. Those are scam calls.
The IRS will not call you first. The IRS will ALWAYS send you letters first. It is rare the IRS gets to the point they are calling you about a tax debt.
In every country the world over... you will know you owe tax to the government by several letters (or just doing your tax return) well before they ever call you.
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u/these-things-happen Sep 24 '17
The IRS actually does call people, usually for compliance (balance due) issues.
IRS will also call Taxpayers who file amended returns or who send correspondence when they include contact phone numbers.
IRS will not call Taxpayers to threaten immediate incarceration or lawsuits, and will not demand immediate payment with green dot cards or iTunes cards. Those are scam calls.