Tax

Floating the river, hiking on state land, or just having lunch at one of the 330+ fishing access sites in Montana will now come with a cost.

Love it or hate it, recreational cannabis is raking in serious cash for Montana's tax coffers. Here's where the nearly $50 million in 2022 tax revenue gets spent.

Be advised, that the IRS is not going to call you to verify social security numbers or other information from your tax return. They simply don't work that way. If you get a call allegedly from the IRS, hang up. Even answering a few non personal questions can cause problems because there have been reports the callee's voice being recorded and used to get personal information with systems that use voice verification. That seems like a stretch, but why risk it and why waste some of your precious time with these scammers.

With 1,774 FTC complaints per 100,000 people, Montana is the 20th most targeted in the U.S. with Wyoming listed 31st. The analysis revealed phone scams increase by 20 percent in March and April as compared to January so consumers should be on alert.