? The IRS has released its ?dirty dozen? list of the latest scams for Brooklyn residents to lookout for as the 2006 tax return season gets underway.

According to the IRS, one of the biggest scams includes dishonest tax preparers who illegally inflate clients? income to get them bigger tax returns. In return, the tax preparer would get a bigger percentage for his or her work.

Andrew Watson, of New York, is just one person to be convicted of committing tax fraud. He was sentenced to one year and one day in prison.

Related link: Internal Revenue Service