Identity theft is a crime that affects victims for years after it’s committed—from ruined credit to tax debt, recovering in the aftermath of having your personal information stolen and used is an enormous ordeal. Fortunately,…
What Changed: IP PIN Is Now Available to Almost Everyone In 2021, the IRS officially expanded its previously limited opt-in program for the Identity Protection PIN (IP PIN). Now, any taxpayer with a valid Social…
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced this week that in January 2021 taxpayers can apply for an Identity Protection Personal Identification Number (IP PIN). This single-use code is designed to block identity thieves from fraudulently…
The IRS established the Taxpayer Protection Program (TPP) to proactively identify and prevent the processing of identity theft tax returns and assist taxpayers whose identities are used to file such returns. However, as part of…