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Most sales calls to businesses sit outside the National Do Not Call rules, but the purpose of the call, specific exceptions, FCC rules, and truthfulness duties still shape compliance.
According to the FTC, most sales calls made to a business to get the business itself to buy are exempt from the National Do Not Call rules. A short video on where that exemption stops and what callers and receivers should do.
FCC 26-67 lets businesses limit an opt-out to one category of informational robocalls and name a clear opt-out method. Marketing opt-outs still stop all marketing robocalls from that caller.
On October 1, 2026 the FCC released order FCC 26-67. Once it takes effect, a STOP to an informational call or text may count only for its own category, while for ads and telemarketing one STOP still stops all. A short video on what changes and when.
In February 2024 the FCC ruled that a call made with an AI generated voice counts as an artificial voice under the TCPA. The ruling covers calls your AI starts, not a customer calling in. Here is what it says on consent, identification and opt out.
The FCC's February 8, 2024 AI voice ruling covers outbound calls an AI starts. See when prior express consent and prior express written consent apply, plus what to check before dialing a customer.
The October 15 filing deadline is real for individual taxpayers with an IRS extension. The FTC's August case shows why a tax debt letter or sales call still needs an independent source check.
If you asked the IRS for more time, October 15 is the last day to file without penalties. Separately, the FTC's August 13 alert describes fake government letters about tax debt and gives three checks before you call or pay.
On September 28, 2026 the FTC warned that health insurance scams pick up during Open Enrollment, and that scammers sometimes pay to appear at the top of search results. The dates, how the paid ad trick works, and a three step rule: type it, skip the ad, check .gov.
The FTC asked on September 24, 2026 whether the ad tools of social media and search engines help impersonation scams, which cost Americans nearly $3.5 billion in 2025. Four dated September examples and a four-check rule a business can adopt this week.
In fiscal year 2025 the U.S. Treasury helped prevent, detect or recover an estimated $11.7 billion in fraud and improper payments, 38% more than the year before. How its screening works, why a person still decides, and the three-part payment check a small business can copy.
The FBI counted nearly 61,000 complaints about fake police and government callers between January 2025 and July 2026, with more than $1.6 billion lost. The script is always the same, AI now helps it on video calls, and one callback rule stops the payment.
