Identity Protection Personal Identification Number

December 4, 2020

IRS to Make ID Protection PIN Open to All

This post was originally published on this siteThe U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said this week that beginning in 2021 it will allow all taxpayers to apply for an identity protection personal identification number (IP PIN), a single-use code designed to block identity thieves from falsely claiming a tax refund in your name. Currently, IP PINs are issued only to those who fill out an ID theft affidavit, or to taxpayers who’ve experienced tax refund fraud in previous years. Tax refund fraud is a perennial problem involving the use of identity information and often stolen or misdirected W-2 forms to […]
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