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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Fraudulent Tax Returns

    April 15 -- tax day -- is just a couple of weeks away. More of us are filing our taxes online these days through sites like TurboTax or H&R Block. But TurboTax had to be shut down briefly last month because so many fraudulent returns were being filed through the site.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Mar 31, 2015 • 1 min read

    April 15 -- tax day -- is just a couple of weeks away. More of us are filing our taxes online these days through sites like TurboTax or H&R Block. But TurboTax had to be shut down briefly last month because so many fraudulent returns were being filed through the site. In 2013, the the IRS said it paid out almost $6 billion in fraudulent refunds -- and the number of cases has increased significantly since then.

    The full episode

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    Tax Behavior, Jay Z's Tidal, and Cheap Electric Cars
    1. 0:00Fraudulent Tax ReturnsYou’re reading this
    2. 8:11What Do We Do with Our Tax Refunds?
    3. 16:34A New Music Streaming Service from Jay Z
    4. 25:15Women in the VC World
    5. 31:46VC's and Business School
    6. 40:30Car News
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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    The full episode

    1 of 6
    Tax Behavior, Jay Z's Tidal, and Cheap Electric Cars
    1. 0:00Fraudulent Tax ReturnsYou’re reading this
    2. 8:11What Do We Do with Our Tax Refunds?
    3. 16:34A New Music Streaming Service from Jay Z
    4. 25:15Women in the VC World
    5. 31:46VC's and Business School
    6. 40:30Car News
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