April 2, 2010 | Read Time: 1 minute
It seems the Internal Revenue Service is putting the “hot” in hotline.
A telephone number on the agency’s Web site meant to provide information about tax-exempt organizations actually connects callers to a phone-sex operator.
On a Web page titled “Six Important Facts About Tax-Exempt Organizations,” No. 3 suggests Americans call an IRS number to confirm if a group is qualified to receive a tax-deductible donation.
But unless promises of “hot action” and heavy breathing are new tax-code jargon for 501(c)(3), donors are going to be rather confused.
According to the IRS, the number is one digit off, and the correct phone line is 877-829-5500.
As of 1 pm Friday, the number had yet to be corrected.
