Tax scams target Americans starting in January using personal data from brokers to create fake IRS emails and refund alerts ...

Tax identity theft victims are waiting roughly 19 months for the IRS to process returns and send refunds, according to the National Taxpayer Advocate. In fiscal 2023, shifted resources have ...

Taxpayers who have been the victims of identity theft have experienced significant delays when requesting refunds from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), according to a Wednesday report to Congress ...

American taxpayers are now proactive in protecting their tax returns by receiving an IRS Identity Protection PIN from the agency’s improved online system, which prevents fraudulent filings before they ...

Tax identity theft victims are waiting nearly two years for resolution and refunds from the IRS, the National Taxpayer Advocate reported last week. As of April, the agency had roughly 500,000 ...

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WHAT THE TECH?) — The Internal Revenue Service says, in 2023, scammers stole over $5.5 billion off of tax scams – but there’s a simple way to protect yourself. The IRS encourages ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. Identity theft victims have to wait about 22 months on average to get resolution on their cases from the IRS, according to a recent blog ...

The Internal Revenue Service is way behind in dealing with identity theft cases, and it’s causing delays for taxpayers whose refunds are caught up in the bureaucracy. Identity theft is a growing ...

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 ...