Identity theft

In this latest installment of “The Frontier,” RKL’s chief cloud officer says there is now so much personal data online that someone could assume your identity and lock you out of it.

No account; unnamed and unregistered; on standby — for jail; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Internal Revenue Service and its partners in state tax authorities and the tax preparation industry are teaming up this week on a special campaign to highlight the dangers of tax scams and identity theft at this time of year.

A review found 8,332 individual international 2018 returns filed with potentially erroneous or fraudulent refunds that weren’t identified.

Assessing the delays; myths about preparers;the numbers behind the season;and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The service is alerting practitioners about some of the warning signals of taxpayer identity theft.

The Internal Revenue Service is asking tax professionals to help clients who fell prey to identity thieves who have been filing unemployment claims in their names during the pandemic.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation division is cautioning taxpayers and tax professionals to beware of scams related to the expanded Child Tax Credit in which fraudsters are trying to steal money and personal information.

A federal jury convicted a former Internal Revenue Service IT specialist on fraud charges for stealing a victim’s identity and using it to buy $58,000 worth of plane tickets, hotel rooms and home-remodeling materials.

The Internal Revenue Service issued more than 4.4 million Economic Impact Payments last year totaling more than $5.5 billion to potentially ineligible people, according to a new report.

The Internal Revenue identified more than 4,500 fraudulent tax returns using an inmate’s Social Security Number in 2019, claiming refunds totaling over $14 million.

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued a warning about the widening range of scams involving Economic Impact Payments aimed at recipients of COVID-19 relief.

Leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee want the Internal Revenue Service to assist taxpayers who are getting information returns in the mail for unemployment benefits they never received.

The Internal Revenue Service is alerting tax professionals about a dangerous new phishing scam.

Republicans are asking the Biden administration to assist taxpayers who are receiving tax forms for unemployment benefits claimed by identity thieves.

The Internal Revenue Service is advising taxpayers who received a Form 1099-G for unemployment benefits they never got to contact their state because their identity may have been stolen.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation Division issued a warning Thursday about a new wave of COVID-19 scams tied to the latest round of stimulus payments, especially targeting taxpayers in the District of Columbia.

The Internal Revenue Service cautioned electronic return originators about a new identity theft scheme aimed at holders of Electronic Filing Identification Numbers from fraudsters posing as IRS contractors.

Starting in January, the six-digit numbers will be available to everyone, not just those who have suffered from identity theft.

The service is better at detecting identity theft in business tax returns, according to a new report, but it’s still letting many potentially fraudulent claims get through.