As this PIN is only known to you, your accountant (if not self-filing), and the IRS, it prevents scammers from filing a tax return using your Social Security Number and personal information.

How to use the IRS’s free IP PIN, the best way to keep a criminal from nabbing your income tax refund You can have the IRS assign you a 6-digit code so nobody else can file under your name ...

Filing an income tax return is few people’s idea of fun — but it’s worse when you can’t file the return because somebody using your identity already did. That increasingly common type of ...

As the 2025 tax season nears, the IRS urges taxpayers to enhance their defenses against identity theft by enrolling in the ...

Identity Protection PIN, if applicable; If you're married and filing a joint return, ... IRS Form 1040 is the document that U.S. taxpayers use to report their annual income to the IRS.

The IP PIN program is a focal point of the third day of the 2024 National Tax Security Awareness Week, an annual event now in its ninth year. Established by the Security Summit—a public-private ...