IGX

This is pretty good information.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/col ... /75303596/

I dont click links

I got nailed with that this year, well for 2014 taxes. I filed in the middle of March electronically, and it was rejected because the SSN had already been used.

I basically had to:
(1) Print the completed Tax return
(2) Print an identity theft affidavit
(3) Scan my ID (Passport, Social Security card, etc) that says who I really am and print that out
(4) Snail mail all of that to the IRS
(5) Wait a fucking long time

I got letters from he IRS along the way, first what ID theft is, how to avoid it next year. In the middle of Sept I got a letter from the IRS stating they accepted my claim of identity theft.
I got a refund check in the mail Nov 17. The $147 refund check also included about $2.25 worth of interest.

For next year, I will automatically get a PIN from the IRS to use when filing my taxes.

Personally you'd think that their system could flag potential ID theft more easily. You know, after 15 years of filing from the same address, marital status and dependents, suddenly all three of those change. Plus, after years of small or no refunds, suddenly the refund is huge. Seems to me they could flag that for a closer look. But it is the government we are talking about.

The biggest problem that I've worked with was with a man that did not file a police report as soon as he discovered the problem.