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Verifying Your Identity with the IRS

Received an IRS Letter 5071C and wondering what it means? Don’t stress! This notice is the IRS’s way of keeping your tax return safe from identity theft. Scammers are out there, but the IRS is…

Significant Delays of Legitimate Tax Refunds

I thought it would be a good idea to discuss an issue that affects many taxpayer returns, namely the IRS processes for identifying and stopping refund fraud. Attempted refund fraud has become a significant problem…

Taxpayer Protection Program (TPP)

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…

Return Review Program

A system the IRS uses to identify potentially fraudulent electronically filed tax returns. It enhances the IRS’s capabilities to detect, resolve, and prevent criminal and civil noncompliance and reduces issuance of fraudulent tax refunds. The…

How Many People Had to Verify 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…