Hard to imagine anyone just ignoring an IRS letter that flags a potential trouble spot involving fraud or ID theft. Or taxpayers not making a move to prove they are who they say they are to get their ...

The IRS crackdown on what appears to be extensive fraud involving key but obscure tax credits remains ongoing. And taxpayers who receive notices that they need to verify their identity must pay ...

The Internal Revenue Service has deployed more filters to catch a growing number of tax returns filed by identity thieves, but fraudsters are continuing to collect millions of dollars despite those ...

When you receive a Notice 5071C, it means that the IRS has received a federal income tax return filed using your Social Security number (SSN) or individual tax identification number (ITIN). Before the ...

While most people had no trouble at all, roughly 1.2 million taxpayers faced incredibly long waits last year for their tax refund cash after getting hit by tax-related ID theft or by claiming ...

Thousands of unfortunate taxpayers who are the victims of identity theft are waiting up to nearly two years to receive their federal income tax refunds, according to news released Wednesday by the ...

Thousands of unfortunate taxpayers who are the victims of identity theft are waiting up to nearly two years to receive their federal income tax refunds, according to a report released Wednesday by the ...