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As the tax deadline quickly approaches, the Stearns County Sheriff's offices is reminding you to be on the alert for recent scams.

If you have received a phone call from the IRS recently you may have been involved in a scam.

The Internal Revenue Service says it's investigating a large-scale tax refund scheme run from a Minnesota prison. A search warrant application says the case likely involves hundreds of fraudulent tax returns from 2006 to 2012.

There is less than a week before the tax filing deadline, but you can get a six-month extension with relative ease.

The IRS is holding a tax preparation event for people who work but have lower incomes. The three-day event is by appointment only and will help eligible taxpayers take advantage of the Federal Earned Income Tax Credit.

Time is drawing near to file your 2011 taxes, but the IRS says there's still time to increase your deductions this year. There are a few ways you can improve your tax situation.

The Morrison County Sheriff is warning you about a new scam associated with income tax season. Michel Wetzel says scammers are sending e-mails saying that a your income tax return has a problem and that you need to fill out a form to correct the problems, and fax it back to a phone number -- typically it's an 866 number.

You have three extra days to file your federal taxes this year. I-R-S spokeswoman Carrie Resch says because Emancipation Day falls on Friday, April 15th, you'll now have until Monday, April 18th to file.

A former Internal Revenue Service agent has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison for taking a bribe in exchange for lowering taxes of a Minnesota business.