IRS Urges Taxpayers to Activate Identity-Theft Protection Measure

Nearly 2 million potential identity theft cases were discovered by the IRS by early February for the 2024 filing season.

The IRS building in Washington on Jan. 4, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The Internal Revenue Service asked taxpayers to sign up for extra security measures ahead of the 2025 tax season by obtaining an identity protection personal identification number (IP PIN).

“[The] IP PIN is a six-digit number that prevents someone else from filing a federal tax return using a taxpayer’s Social Security number or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number,” according to an Oct. 23 statement from the agency.