Look out for the con artists this tax season
By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post If you are preparing to use a tax preparer this tax season officials with the IRS encourage you to do your homework and protect yourself. IRS spokesman Michael Devine says the great majority of tax professionals are just that, tax professionals, but then there are criminals. "There are people who pretend to be, you know, tax preparers, we call them sometimes ghost preparers," Devine tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. "These are people who will say I'll do your tax return, I'll print it out, I'll give it to you, you pay me, you sign the ret...