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IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel said “things are trending in a very positive direction in terms of our performance in taxpayer service,” but still, “I view the identity theft issue as our ...
This year, taxpayer headaches included resolving self-reported identity theft cases, social-media-driven tax schemes, delays with amended returns and other tax-related paperwork, and more than 1 ...
The IRS is still too slow in processing amended tax returns, answering taxpayer phone calls and resolving identity theft cases, according to an independent watchdog within the agency. The federal ...
Go to the agency’s Identity Verification Service or call the IRS Identity Verification telephone number in the 5071C or 6331C letter. Letter 4883C or Letter 6330C (Potential Identity Theft ...
provides that the IRS may participate in an information sharing and analysis center aimed at preventing identity theft tax refund fraud. requires that the IRS provide identity protection personal identification numbers to taxpayers who request them (within five years of the law's enactment). codifies the role of IRS's Chief Information Officer ...
An independent watchdog within the IRS reported Wednesday that while taxpayer services have vastly improved, the agency is still too slow to resolve identity theft cases with delays that are ...
In 2012, identity theft was blamed for $4 billion of fraudulent tax refunds by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) [8] and 770,000 taxpayers have been the victims of tax identity theft by 2013. [9] A public-private initiative by the IRS and employers in 2016 resulted in a 50% drop in incidents of taxpayer identity theft reports. [10]
During the 2023 filing season, the IRS reassigned 572 employees who previously had been handling identity theft cases to answer phones, the report said. ‘The IRS has a tall mountain to climb’