2015 Dirty dozen of tax scams identified by IRS

For the Trail-Gazette

he Internal Revenue
Service identified
2015 Dirty Dozen
list of tax scams with
a warning to taxpayers
about phone scams continuing coast-to-coast during the
early weeks of this years
filing season.
The aggressive, threatening phone calls from scam

artists continue to be seen

on a daily basis in states
across the nation. The IRS
urged taxpayers not give out
money or personal financial
information as a result of
these phone calls or from
emails claiming to be from
the IRS.

Illegal scams can lead to

significant penalties and
interest for taxpayers, as
Phone scams and email
well as possible criminal
phishing are among the
Dirty Dozen tax scams the prosecution. IRS Criminal

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IRS highlighted, for the first

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days from Jan. 22 to Feb. 6.
The IRS has also set up a
special section on IRS.gov
highlighting these 12
schemes for taxpayers.

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Investigation works closely

with the Department of Justice (DOJ) to shutdown
scams and prosecute the
criminals behind them. Taxpayers should remember
that they are legally responsible for what is on their tax
returns even if it is prepared
by someone else.
A recap of this years
Dirty Dozen scams

include:
Phone Scams: Aggressive and threatening phone
calls by criminals impersonating IRS agents remains an
ongoing threat to taxpayers.
The IRS has seen a surge of
these phone scams in recent
months as scam artists
threaten police arrest,
deportation, license revocation and other things.
See SCAMS, pg. 10

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scams from page 9

Phishing: Taxpayers
need to be on guard against
fake emails or websites
looking to steal personal
information. The IRS will
not send you an email about
a bill or refund out of the
blue.
Identity Theft: Taxpayers need to watch out for
identity theft especially
around tax time. The IRS
continues to pursue the
criminals that file fraudulent
returns using someone
elses SSN.
Return Preparer Fraud:
Taxpayers need to be on the
lookout for unscrupulous
return preparers. There are
some dishonest preparers
who set up shop each filing
season to perpetrate refund
fraud, identity theft and other scams that hurt taxpayers.
Offshore Tax Avoidance: The recent string of
successful enforcement

actions against offshore tax

cheats and the financial
organizations that help them
shows that its a bad bet to
hide money and income offshore.
Inflated Refund Claims:
Taxpayers need to be on the
lookout for anyone promising inflated refunds. Be
wary of anyone who asks
them to sign a blank return,
promise a big refund before
looking at their records, or
charge fees based on a percentage of the refund. Scam
artists use flyers, advertisements, phony store fronts
and word of mouth via community groups and churches in seeking victims.
Fake Charities: Be on
guard against groups masquerading as charitable
organizations to attract
donations from unsuspecting contributors. Contributors should take a few extra

10 FEBRUARY 13, 2015 ESTES PARK INSIDE & OUT

minutes to ensure their

hard-earned money goes to
legitimate and currently eligible charities. IRS.gov has
the tools taxpayers need to
check out the status of charitable organizations. Be
wary of charities with
names that are similar to
familiar or nationally known
organizations.
Hiding Income with
Fake Documents: Hiding
taxable income by filing
false Form 1099s or other
fake documents is a scam.
Taxpayers are legally
responsible for what is on
their returns regardless of
who prepares the returns.
Abusive Tax Shelters:
Taxpayers should avoid
using abusive tax structures
to avoid paying taxes. The
IRS is committed to stopping complex tax avoidance
schemes and the people
who create and sell them.
The vast majority of taxpay-

ers pay their fair share, and

everyone should be on the
lookout for people peddling
tax shelters that sound too
good to be true. When in
doubt, taxpayers should
seek an independent opinion regarding complex products they are offered.
Falsifying Income to
Claim Credits: Taxpayers
should avoid inventing
income to erroneously claim
tax credits. Taxpayers are
sometimes talked into doing
this by scam artists. Taxpayers are best served by filing
the most-accurate return
possible because they are
legally responsible for what
is on their return.
Excessive Claims for
Fuel Tax Credits: Taxpayers
need to avoid improper
claims for fuel tax credits.
The fuel tax credit is generally limited to off-highway
business use, including use

in farming. Consequently,
the credit is not available to
most taxpayers. But yet, the
IRS routinely finds unscrupulous preparers who have
enticed sizable groups of
taxpayers to erroneously
claim the credit to inflate
their refunds.
Frivolous Tax Arguments: Taxpayers should
avoid using frivolous tax
arguments to avoid paying
their taxes. Promoters of
frivolous schemes encourage taxpayers to make
unreasonable and outlandish claims to avoid paying
the taxes they owe. These
arguments are wrong and
have been thrown out of
court. While taxpayers have
the right to contest their tax
liabilities in court, no one
has the right to disobey the
law or disregard their
responsibility to pay taxes.
The penalty for filing a frivolous tax return is $5,000.

Minimize risk,
maximize
benefits of
the internet

For the Trail-Gazette

n todays age, the internet is nearly essential

for communicating and
working in society. And
yet this technological infrastructure is filled with risks:
internet scams, identify
theft, and online fraud are in
the news almost every day.
While there is no way to
completely avoid these
risks, there are some sound
strategies that can be
learned to minimize the
risks and feel more confi-

dent in navigating email and

websites.
The next technology
workshop at the Estes Valley Library offers an overview of these helpful strategies. Safety and Security on
the Internet is a free session taking place on Friday,
February 20, from 10:00 am
to 11:30 am in the computer
commons. Participants will
learn how to protect their
identity and to recognize
scams while banking, shopSee INTERNET, pg. 13

happenings

Brown Bag
Lecture Series

Heart Disease: Why cholesterol

and high blood pressure matters.

Presented by Chad Stoltz, MD

Wednesday, February 25, 2015
12 noon to 1 pm
Timberline Conference Room
For more information, call 577-4390

www.epmedcenter.com

from page 3

Feb.14 & 15: Rails in the

Rockies. Model train show.
Estes Park Conference Center. 9
am
Feb.14 - 16: Free Entrance to
Rocky Mountain National Park
Feb.17: Free 5K Group Run.
Starts at the Stanley Hotel. 6
pm
Feb.24: Free 5K Group Run.
Starts at the Stanley Hotel. 6
pm

Rocky Mountain
National Park

Celebrate 100 years of Rocky

Mountain National Park by
visiting the Beaver Meadows
Visitor Center to learn more
about wildlife, the junior ranger
program, recreational
opportunities and more! Rangerled programs on weekends.
Details and Info call: 970-5861206
Feb.14: Nick Molle presents
The Living Dream: 100 Years of
Rocky Mountain National Park
Film. Beaver Meadows Visitor
Center. 7 pm
Feb.21: An Evening with

Isabella Bird. Beaver Meadows

Visitor Center. 7 pm
Rocky Mountain Conservancy:
Nature seminars for everyone in
the family. Fees apply. For
details and registration call 970586-3262.
Feb.14: Winter Ecology: A
Snowshoeing Trek for Kids &
Families. 9 am
Feb.27 March 1: Light &
Snow: Winter Photography.
Various Times.

Dr. Stanton offers the following services: Family Medicine, Urgent Care,
Osteopathic Medicine, Clinical Acupuncture, Pediatrics & Well-Baby
Check-ups, Cancer Screening, Family Planning, Pregnancy Care.

Seminars & Classes

The Estes Park Salud provides Behavioral Health, Dental, and Pharmacy.

Feb.23: The Evolution of

Mountain Footwear. Pioneers of
the Peaks Series. Estes Park
Museum. 7 pm
Feb.26: Health Benefits of
Essential Oils. Riverspointe
Spa. 4 pm
Weekly on Friday: Painting on
Peaks. Painting class & local
wine. Snowy Peaks Winery. 5 pm
Weekly on Mon, Wed, Fri &
Sat:
Sip & Paint. Learn to paint a
masterpiece while enjoying
drinks. Murphys Resort. Mon &
Wed at 6 pm. Fri & Sat at 7 pm

Salud Family Health Centers is pleased to welcome

Dr. John Stanton, D.O. to the clinics practice.

Salud accepts Medicaid, Medicare, CHP+, and

private insurance plans. Salud offers a sliding fee scale.
Enrollment assistance is available.
Se Habla Espaol.

Call us today to schedule an appointment!

(970) 484-0999 or (303) MYSALUD (697-2583)
Estes Park Salud Family Health Center
1950 Redtail Hawk Drive, Estes Park, CO 80517
www.saludclinic.org

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50 rotations
around the sun

o today completes
my 50th rotation
around the sun. Its
a big birthday!
With mixed emotions Im
happily embracing many
wonderful aspects of celebrating another birthday and
more than anything else
embracing the many blessings that I have in my life.
Ive always been a person
to make birthdays a special
day, because it honestly is the
only day of the year that you
can call your own. This world
rotates so fast and our lives
become so busy with responsibilities that more often than
not, every other day of the
year belongs to other things.
So this weeks article will be
a little journey of how I
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High Altitude
Health

academic team. Wins, losses,

success, failures, friends, enemies, loves, losses, responsiDeborah Holmes
bility, time management, goal
MedX of Estes
setting, sleeping, playing, eating, laughing, crying and
gives us opportunities to cele- everything else that you
learn during those important
brate every birthday to its
formative
years of your life. If
fullest.
Fifty years ago my parents I could wish one thing on
every young parent in todays
gave birth to a baby girl
world is to get your kids
under unexpected circuminvolved with sports and
stances in a world that was
watch them grow in ways
much different than it is
that you are unable to teach
today, this being my first
them,.
blessing. Ive been fortunate
At the University of Florida
to be given a life filled with
I studied Exercise Corporate
love, support and a great
Fitness Science, which was
genetic profile from which
the
new direction in exercise
my continued good health
at the time. It was during that
has been rooted.
time I was introduced to how
Unfortunately we cant
important strength training is
choose our parents nor the
in every day, every body and
genetics that weve been
at every age. The research
born with. We can choose
and the education that I
what we do with them and
learned molded my strong
how we care for ourselves.
No matter if youve been giv- opinion on how important it
is that every person include
en the worst of the worst or
regular
exercise into their
the best of the best, its really
up to you to take care of your- lives.
Every day Im inspired by
self every day.
so
many members who repBack when I was in eleresent this. Just a few days
mentary school, I was a
ago I was changing in the
chubby all American kid. In
locker
room with a long time
fact, my entire family was.
Then a long awaited trip to go friend who I thought was
skiing in Colorado was in the only a few years older than
me and she told me she was
works (keep in mind I was a
Florida girl). My mom insist- 12 years older! After I pulled
my jaw off the floor I smiled
ed that she wasnt going to
spend all that money and not at her and said to myself,
thats what exercise does!
be able to ski all day. She
And then I have my Frank
started jogging, dad started
jogging, middle school came who started Tri-Fit class at
the Senior Center over 12
and I started swimming, my
years ago. He credits this
sister danced, my brother in
sports and the chubby family class to saving his life and
allowing him to remain as
got fit.
independent and active as he
Having been directed into
is in his 90s. He along with
sports during middle and
high school was a time in my so many members and
life that I thank god for every friends are true inspirations
to me as this world continues
day. Life lessons dont come
to spin so fast.
any stronger or healthier
Becoming a mom has been
than what you learn when
See HOLMES, pg. 16
you are part of an athletic or

Firing up

internet from page 11

ping, and keeping in touch
with friends and family
online. The session will
review common types of
online scams, with tips on
how to recognize suspicious
websites and emails. Attendees will learn to identify
secure websites, determine
when its safe to enter personal and credit card information, and measure the
strength of passwords used.
Advance sign-up is required
for the session.
While the internet has its
risksit also has its
rewards: one of them is the
extraordinary opportunity
to access and enjoy free
music. Listen to Music for
Free is a workshop taking
place on Monday, February
23 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm.
Your iPad, iPhone, Android
phone, or tablet all offer
ways to access your favorite
songs and discover new

sounds. This workshop will

demonstrate how to stream
music online and create free
radio stations personalized
to your interests. Bring your
own deviceand be sure to
register for the class online.
Additional workshops
scheduled March through
May are now listed in the

newsletter Gatherings,
available online or in print at
the Library.
Registration for these
workshops may be done at
the Calendar link at estesvalleylibrary.org. For registration assistance or additional
information, contact the
library at (970) 586-8116.

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subject to the Fair Housing Act, which makes it
illegal to advertise any preference limitation or
discrimination based on race, color, religion,
sex, handicap, familial status, or national
origin, or an intention, to make any such
preference, limitation, or discrimination.
Familial status includes children under the age
of 18 living with parents or legal custodians;
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of children under 18. This newspaper will not
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readers are hereby informed that all dwellings
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estesparkbriefs
register online at
Shrove Tuesday, brary.org or call (970) 586- should
estesvalleylibrary.org (look
8116.
Ash Wednesday
for the Feb. 24 date listing
observed at CCR CPR class for
under the Calendar tab),
teens offered by or by calling (970) 586-8116.
Ash Wednesday will be
observed at the Community library Feb. 21
Job-seekers
Church of the Rockies, 1700
The teen program at the
Brodie Avenue on February Estes Valley Library is offer- workshops to be
18th with a service of whole- ing a unique opportunity for held Feb. 25 at
ness and healing at 3:30 pm local youth to gain instruclibrary
in the sanctuary. The sertion in CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and
related First Aid. Two sessions are being offered on
Sat., Feb. 21, with a morning
session for high school age
students and an afternoon
session for middle school
age students. Advance sign
up is required..
The workshop for highschool aged students will
take place from 8:30 a.m. noon and the middle-school
aged students will have the
opportunity to participate
that same day from 1 - 4:30
pm.
There is a $20 class fee for
participants.
Registration may be done
online at estesvalleylibrary.org. For more information, contact the librarys
Teen Guide Katherine
Dumont at kdumont@estesvalleylibrary.org, or call
(970) 586-8116.

Larimer County Workforce Center (LCWC) specialist Amanda Magee will

be in Estes Park on Wed.,
Feb. 25 to lead workshops
on the best strategies to find
the perfect next job and how
to build a winning resume.
The LCWC workshops and
one-on-one sessions are
held in partnership with the
Estes Valley Librarys ongoing support for economic
programs designed to benefit the community.
Those planning to attend
should register at estesvalleylibrary.org by following
the calendar link to the Feb.
25 date.
Three Secrets to Job
Search Success is scheduled from 10 a.m. to noon
Library closed
and Creating Your Core
Monday for
Resume is scheduled from
12:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Presidents Day
This months job workThe Estes Valley Library
shops are free, and attendwill be closed all day this
ees are encouraged to
Monday, February 16 for
Small
Business
attend both sessions to gain
the Presidents Day holiResources 101 the fullest skills. Lunch
day. The Library will be
break time is factored in,
open regular hours all oth- offered Feb. 24
and attendees may bring a
er days (including the SatThe Estes Valley Library brown bag lunch.
urday and Sunday prior).
and the Estes Park EcoFrom 2 - 4 p.m., Amanda
Regular hours at the
nomic Development Corpo- Magee from LCWC will
Library are: Monday
ration (EDC) are partnerremain at the Library for
through Thursday, 10 am
ing once again for the
one-on-one assistance for
to 9 pm; Friday and Saturpopular workshop Small
anyone who would like to
day, 10 am to 5 pm; and
Business Resources 101,
drop in with a question or a
Sunday from 1 pm to 5 pm. which offers an overview of specific employment-seekthe many services and tools ing need.
The Librarys second
available locally..
floor (including the ComTo register for either or
puter Commons and wi-fi
This free hands-on 90both of the workshops, visit
area) close each day at fifminute overview of resourc- the library website calendar
teen minutes prior to the
es is scheduled for Tues.,
and navigate to the Februregular closing time.
Feb. 24 at 7 pm at the Estes ary 25 date at estesvalleyliValley Library in the comFor more information
brary.org, or by calling the
puter commons.
about Library hours or
Library at (970) 586-8116,
activities, visit estesvalleyliInterested participants
extension 3.

vice will include anointing

with oil and special music.
The Reverend Dr. Larry
Corbett will lead the service.
Thanksgiving for Gods
promise for wholeness,
intercessions, and supplications will be offered.
The Community Church
of the Rockies invites members of Estes Park to celebrate Shrove Tuesday, Feb.
17, with a chili and fixins
supper from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in
the fellowship hall of the
church.
The dinner is free. Donations will be accepted to benefit the Crossroads Ministry.
New Orleans style jazz will
be performed by Ray Young.

Rails in the Rockies to be this weekend

ll things train will

be on offer at the
2015 Rails in the
Rockies event at
the conference center at
Rocky Mountain Park Inn
in Estes Park. 16,000
square feet of train layouts,
vendors, clinics, and childrens activities will be

available from 9 a.m. - 5

p.m.. Sat., Feb. 14 and 9
a.m .- 4 p.m., Sun. Feb. 15.
Admission is $5 for those
12 and up (children under
12 are free with a paying
adult); or, $20 for families.
The event is sponsored by
the Estes Valley Model
Railroaders.

Walt Hester / Estes Park Trail Gazette

Clinics for children will be available at the annual Rails in

the Rockies event.

John Cordsen / Estes Park Trail Gazette

Allen Helus adjusts cars in the Colorado and Great Western club's exhibit at 2014 Rails in
the Rockies. The event features 16,000 square feet of model train layouts.

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Dogs

were on. When they got to

the top of the hill, Pops
would whistle and theyd
stop. He would be standing
alongside the pickup and
Ride Easy hed wave them to the right
to the left and theyd disPard or
appear from sight.
Victor T. Anderson
After a period of time, usually not more than five minutes or so, livestock would
come churning in sight, the
his pickup and run down to
dog behind them. If there
and across Meadow Creek,
were no cattle or sheep, the
then up the side of the hill,
dog would show up, on top
about a mile away. I can
of the hill. Theyd watch and
attest to the distance
Pops would signal go them
because the road Pops was
to go to the other way. We
on was next to a fence on a
knew if his dogs had
section line. The next fence, checked out the area, there
also on a section line, was a
was nothing there for us to
couple hundred yards
find, so we didnt have to
behind the hill the dogs
ride there.

can still see and hear

Pops leaning out the
window and talking to
Jimmy, or Bobby, or
any of his other dogs and
saying something like, By
golly I think there are some
cows (or sheep) back there.
I think youd better go get
em. Generally it took place
on Meadow Creek, after
Pops had quit riding and
didnt walk far anymore. But
he always had good stock
dogs.

Which ever dog it was

would jump from the back of

Ive often said that a good

cow dog is worth two cowboys, and I still think thats
the case when youre working livestock, just dont use
them with buffalo.
Boo was the best dog I
ever had. She was amazing
and teaching her was easy.
She knew more about working cattle and sheep when
she was a year old than I
could possibly have taught
her. My dad always said that
good ones just have it in
them. They know what to do,
you just have to learn how to
tell them what you want, and
then teach them to stop
when the job was done.
Boo started to work with
me when she was six
months old. I was night

lambing about 1200 head of

sheep. I found a lamb in the
middle of the shed, no mom
in sight. I pushed the bunch
to one end of the shed to get
them to run by me one or
two at a time, trying to find
one with some blood on her
rear end. Boo stood by me
as i tried several times to
find the lost mother. About
the fifth time, as I started
toward the drop band(ewes
who hadnt lambed), to have
them go by again, Boo
moved away from me and
with no signal of any sort
from me, worked them so
they came by the two of us
two or three at a time. Good
working dogs are great.
RIDE EASY PARDS..Vic
mtyodeler@hotmail.com

I am inspired by so many
and I am thankful for so
much as I continue these
trips around the sun. Thank
you to all of my friends, my

family, MedX members and

readers of this column for
your support, inspirations
and love all these years.
Cheers to many, many more!

holmes from page 12

this journey of raising 3
human beings. You want to
learn the ins and outs of
how a little human body
works? Just watch a child

another of the biggest

blessings that I reflect on at
this time. I thank Bryon for
being a great husband and
an amazing father during

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