Tag: Alaska
Fiddle or Violin?
by Rosanna McInnes
Join us on Friday, June 21st, at 2 p.m. for a live video teleconference from The Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee!
We’ll have a family friendly lesson on the differences between a fiddle and violin. See and hear a country music artist and a musician from the Nashville Symphony explain the differences through playing & discussion. Plenty of time for questions and answers afterwards.
We worked with the Seldovia Arts Council on this one. Come help us kick off their Summer Solstice Festival!
Detect Tax Filing Frauds and Fakes
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Adam Harkness, Alaska Public Relations Manager: 907-644-5202 | pr@thebbb.org
David Quinlan, Director of Public Relations: 206-676-4119
IS THERE REALLY A PROBLEM WITH THOSE TAXES?
Detect Tax Filing Frauds and Fakes
Anchorage, Alaska – April 15, 2013 – With the tax deadline looming, taxpayers need to prepare for unexpected emails and phone calls purporting last-minute issues with returns or refunds. Watch out for high urgency notices or key phrases like “incomplete filing” and “problem with your refund.”
Fraudsters are phishing for personal information, while unethical companies are attempting to upsell tax preparation services.
Consumers comply out of fear that refunds will be delayed or agree because they are short on time and don’t want to re-start their tax filings.
Better Business Bureau serving Alaska, Oregon and Western Washington encourages skepticism with unsolicited or unexpected “tax problem” notices and phone calls. Watch out for red flags:
– Blocked or random phone numbers.
– Unrecognizable senders with limited contact information in signature lines.
– Blank “To” fields; “BCC” reaches mass-recipients.
– Attachments and unfamiliar Web addresses.
– Heavy foreign accents or poor grammar.
– Threatening or aggressive tactics.
The Internal Revenue Service does not initiate contact with taxpayers by email to request personal or financial information. If contacts are claiming to be from the IRS, the Department of Revenue or a tax preparation company, verify with those sources directly; only use official websites or trusted public directories—not contact information enclosed in emails or numbers on caller IDs. Report phishing and use irs.gov to track refunds.
For more tax phishing avoidance tips, visit bbb.org or attend Secure Your ID Day on April 20, 2013:akorww.bbb.org/secure-your-id.
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Better Business Bureau serving Alaska, Oregon and Western Washington: BBB’s mission is to advance marketplace trust. BBB is a neutral not-for-profit organization that helps consumers find businesses, brands and charities they can trust. For more information on ethical business standards, BBB Accreditation, BBB Business Reviews, Charity Reviews, complaints, events and anti-fraud tips, contact BBB or visit bbb.org.
Spring is in the Air, and Flowers aren’t the only things Growing!
by Tracie Merrill
The Seldovia Public Library board is very pleased to announce that the library is expanding into the courtroom space downstairs in the library/multipurpose building.
The downstairs space will house our Alaska collection of adult books, a new computer (or two) received from an Online With Libraries (OWL) grant, as well as our video-teleconference equipment.
Within the coming year, we hope to renovate and furnish this room with new flooring, window treatments, paint, furniture, and improvements to the bookcases. In the meantime, please pardon this room’s appearance as we undergo our “growing pains.”
This Saturday (the 13th), library staff will be moving our Alaska collection downstairs. If you would like to help, please come to the library at 4:00 pm. The public’s help is always welcomed. Library staff will be showing up a little earlier than this, and board members even earlier, to undergo some training that day.
After an hour of hard work, come sit back, relax, and join us for movie night at 6:15 pm as we watch Rise of the Guardians. Hope to see you there!
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