The Internal Revenue Service has reported scammers are making calls impersonating the the Taxpayer Advocate Service. The agency said this week the latest variation of the scam spoofs the telephone numbers of the IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service offices in Houston, Texas, or Brooklyn, N.Y.

The Internal Revenue Service has the right to charge Preparer Tax Identification Numbers, a federal appeals court has ruled. However, the U.S Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia recently remanded the issue of how much can be charged for issuing those numbers to a lower court