The IRS is encouraging taxpayers to get an identity protection PIN (IP PIN). An IP PIN is a six-digit number that helps ...

Tax-related identity theft occurs when stolen Social Security numbers are used to file fraudulent returns and claim refunds.

If you need your 2015 AGI as proof of identity, you will find it on line 37 on Form 1040 for the 2015 tax year that you filed in 2016. For 1040A filers, the AGI is on line 21; for 1040EZ filers ...

IRS delays after ID thefts ‘unconscionable,’ watchdog says. Here are 3 ways to protect yourself Story by Jeremy Tanner • 1mo ...

On Wednesday, Erin M. Collins, the IRS national taxpayer advocate, issued a report calling the agency's delays in responding to identity-theft cases "unconscionable." ...