2016 is here, which means many of us are gearing up to file taxes before the April 15 deadline. Fraudsters have troubled the IRS and taxpayers in recent years by filing false returns with taxpayer’s Social Security information and claiming the refunds to their own accounts. This year, fraudsters are using taxpayer’s SSN information in order to gain access to the taxpayer’s E-File pins and presumably perform the same feat. Read what the IRS is doing to help keep taxpayers safe.
