Don’t worry if you receive Letter 5071C from the Internal Revenue Service. It’s for your own good. The IRS this week said in a release that the letters will be sent to taxpayers whose returns are ...

If you get a 5071C letter from the IRS, you will need to have your prior year tax return and your current year tax return, if you filed one, including supporting documents, such as Forms W-2 and 1099 ...

WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service today reminded taxpayers who receive requests from the IRS to verify their identities that the Identity Verification Service website, idverify.irs.gov, offers ...

If the IRS suspects tax-related identity theft, the agency will pull it for additional review. When this happens, the IRS will send out a letter notifying you of potential identity theft. These ...

A couple concerned about identity theft during income tax-filing season sent me a copy of what they thought was questionable correspondence from the IRS. “This weekend, we received in the U.S. mail a ...

The Internal Revenue Service is sending letters to verify the identity of taxpayers as part of its effort this tax season to combat the growing problem of identity theft. The IRS said taxpayers should ...