Identity theft

People can lose thousands upon thousands of dollars if their payment card number is stolen, but for the one who used it, the cost was around seven bucks.

The Internal Revenue Service has deployed more filters to catch a growing number of tax returns filed by identity thieves, but fraudsters are continuing to collect millions of dollars despite those efforts.

The vulnerability of the Social Security number isn't helping, either.

The IRS used 84 selection filters last year to ferret out identity theft on business tax returns during the pandemic.

The service is warning tax professionals to be on the lookout for signs of data theft so they can respond quickly on behalf of their clients.

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.

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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.

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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.