Tag Archive: identify theft

How to prevent identity theft from affecting you

Written by February 1, 2017

The IRS has made great strides in protecting taxpayers from identity thieves, but you must still be diligent to protect your information. Identity thieves can steal a taxpayer’s personal information and use it to file a tax return claiming a refund under the taxpayer’s name. Then when the taxpayer actually files a return, the IRS won’t accept it and notifies...

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IRS cautions taxpayers about identity theft

Written by March 4, 2013

The IRS has made preventing identity theft a top priority this year. Here’s what identity thieves have been doing: They steal a taxpayer’s personal information and use it to file a tax return claiming a refund under the taxpayer’s name. Then when the taxpayer actually files a return, the IRS won’t accept it and notifies the taxpayer that a return...

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