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 is encouraging taxpayers to get an identity protection PIN (IP PIN). An IP PIN is a six-digit number that helps prevent thieves from filing federal tax returns in your name. With worries about ...

SHREVEPORT, La. -- Tax season is here, and while you’re busy gathering receipts and crunching numbers, scammers are working overtime to steal your hard-earned money. According to the IRS, tax fraud ...

Michigan taxpayers are vulnerable to tax fraud and identity theft as the April filing deadline gets closer. Here's what experts say.

A common tax scam is to file a tax return on someone's behalf and then intercept the tax refund but six numbers can prevent ...

A common tax scam is for the bad guys to get someone's social security number and name and file the tax return on their ...

Charity impersonators, COVID-19 schemes, disaster fraud -- the list of tax scams gets longer every year. A remarkable number of massive data breaches over the past few years have put the privacy of ...

The IRS outlines evolving tax scams, from unemployment fraud to social media tax “hacks," and warns taxpayers what to watch ...

Tax identity protection becomes less like a niche add-on and more like a rational extension of customer and employee care.