This year's programme highlights emerging tax scams, essential security controls and data breach response strategies.

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 ...

The IRS relaunched its Identity Protection Personal Identification Number (IP PIN) program this week and all US taxpayers are encouraged to enroll for added security against identity theft and ...

The Internal Revenue Service has issued guidance to taxpayers and tax professionals regarding protections against identity theft. Tax-related identity theft occurs when stolen Social Security numbers ...

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 ...

A trio of Democrats on Capitol Hill think that the IRS requirements for identity verification in the Direct File program “created serious access barriers” to filing taxes using the service. Sens.

Working with tax whistleblowers for nearly twenty years, a common question I receive is: If I blow the whistle and file with the IRS, will my name come out? Will I be safe? Happily, the short answer ...

The IRS is far too slow in resolving a major problem for taxpayers, who must wait almost two years for the tax agency to clear up identity theft cases, according to a new report from the National ...