The Internal Revenue Service today announced steep declines in tax-related identity theft in 2017, attributing the success to the Security Summit initiatives that help safeguard the nation’s taxpayers. Key indicators of identity theft dropped for the second year in a row in 2017. This includes a 40 percent decline in taxpayers reporting they are victims…
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Attention identity theft victims: IP Pin Number should be mailed by Early January each year. Here’s how to get one, reissued if it was lost or if you moved… The Identity Protection PIN is the result of an IRS program to help victims of Tax ID Theft. The Identity Protection PIN is a six-digit Identity…
Identity verification letters are mailed through the U.S. Postal Service to the address on the tax return. The notice will require the taxpayers to verify their identities in order for the IRS to complete the processing of the tax return. One of the following letters will be sent to the taxpayer advising them to contact…