Thanks for the reply, no, I wasn't confused by that statement, I just found it ironic to see that advice when posting this...
My phone number is not required for the taxes to be completed, and I just simply have no intention to give it out to a company ever again (or any other unneeded personal information for that matter) now that various companies mismanagement (and shoddy database security) of phone numbers is the reason nobody ever answers their phone anymore for fear of it being yet another scam number...
I already turned the ringer on my phone off, and now that the text scam attempts are starting to skyrocket, I may have to mute my phone entirely
