American taxpayers are now proactive in protecting their tax returns by receiving an IRS Identity Protection PIN from the agency’s improved online system, which prevents fraudulent filings before they ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced a significant policy change designed to streamline the ...

On 10/23/24, the IRS released Notice IR-2024-278 to encourage all taxpayers to sign up for an IRS IP PIN (identity protection personal identification number) to safeguard their identity and help ...

Did you know that tax-related identity theft has surged 45% since 2020? With the holiday shopping rush colliding with the lead-up to tax season, the Internal Revenue Service is warning millions of ...

For years, I dreaded the possibility that a tax identity theft would complicate my life and delay my tax refund. Now I’ve finally taken steps to avoid it, and you may want to as well. Tax ID theft ...

Ed Landing, a retired state geologist and a victim of identity theft, looks over documents he's put together as he tries to get back his stolen IRS federal tax return refund (Photo by John Carl ...

WASHINGTON — In the fourth part of a special summer series, the Security Summit partners reminded tax professionals and taxpayers about the special IRS Identity Protection PIN program and the IRS ...

SEATTLE — Some forms of identity theft are relatively easy to deal with, such as stolen credit card numbers. But it’s a nightmare to unravel tax refund theft if an imposter grabs your Social Security ...