Tax-related identity theft occurs when someone uses your stolen Social Security number (SSN) to file a fraudulent tax return claiming a refund or credit.
Read MoreIssued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Identity Protection PIN (IP PIN) is a six-digit number assigned to individual taxpayers to help prevent the misuse of their Social Security Number or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) on fraudulent federal income tax returns.
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