Few IRS letters cause as much anxiety as those asking you to verify your identity. When taxpayers see Letter 5071C or 4883C, the immediate fear is identity theft or fraud. In reality, these letters are…
The Internal Revenue Service has improved its identity verification and sign-in process to enable more people to securely access and use IRS online tools and applications. Taxpayers using the new mobile-friendly verification procedure can gain…
When you check your tax refund status at IRS.gov or on the IRS2GO app you may get a refund status from the IRS Where’s My Refund? site telling you “We are sorry, we cannot provide…
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…
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…
What Is an IRS Letter 5071C? If the IRS suspects that a tax return with your name on it is potentially the result of identity theft, the agency will send you a special letter, called…
How to Keep Criminals, Identity Thieves, and Scammers Away From Your Refund Every time you file a federal tax return, you hand over extremely sensitive personal information—including your Social Security number, income, dependents, employer information,…