IRS Letter 4310C: Tax-Related Identity Theft

Several taxpayers have experienced tax-related identity theft. Beneath we clarify what tax-related identity theft is and steps that ought to be considered by any individual who is prone, or suspects they are already victims of tax-related identity theft. 

Why you got IRS Letter 4310C 

1. The IRS found a refund scheme and recognized you as a victim of tax-related identity theft. Somebody utilized your name and SSN to document a tax return and acquire a discount. 
2. The IRS set an identity theft marker for you. 
3. This letter tells you of the ID theft, yet the IRS doesn't require any activity on your part. 

What is tax-related identity theft? 

Tax-related identity theft includes somebody taking a person's social security (or recognizable tax proof) number to record a false return procuring a deceitful discount. Taxpayers ordinarily know about identity theft when endeavoring to e-file a tax return to discover that a tax return has only been documented utilizing the taxpayer's social security number. 

One may likewise learn of identity theft by getting a letter from the IRS showing that the IRS has discovered a suspicious return utilizing the taxpayer's social security number. By and large, the false filer lay claim on a discount in a sum, not precisely the installments or credits on the record, which is a red flag for the Internal Revenue Service. 

There are additionally IRS impersonation tricks that proceed, for example, fake telephone calls and phishing messages from those endeavoring to extricate undue installments from taxpayers. Remember that the IRS by and substantial contacts taxpayers just via mail, at any rate at first. 

Managing Personal Risk – Action steps if tax-related identity theft is suspected: 

1. Peradventure your  e-filed return has been dismissed in light of the fact that another has been recently petitioned for the tax year, you should paper document your return and incorporate – for every life partner independently if a joint return – a Form 14039, Identity Theft Affidavit and a duplicate of every life partner's identification Ensure the paper return is sent within the five-day fix period . As usual, utilize a trackable delivery administration. From that point, you should reach out to the IRS's identity theft line at 800-908-4490.
2. In a situation where you got a notice from IRS that speculates that a fake return was claimed for you, you ought to react promptly to the notice by calling the number provided on the notice. Pertinent IRS letters/notices incorporate a 5071C letter (telling a taxpayer that the IRS got a tax return with his/her name or potentially social security number and needs to check identity), 4883C letter (intimating a taxpayer that IRS requires more data to confirm identity so as to process the tax return precisely), 12C letter (prompting that IRS has gotten the tax return; nonetheless, extra data is required so as to process the return), and 4310C letter (IRS Identified ID Theft Post-Adjustment Letter). 
3. Collude with IRS to get an Identity Protection Personal Identification Number (IP PIN) (which is a six-digit number allocated to qualified taxpayers that anticipates the abuse of your Social Security number on false government annual tax returns). IRS will benefit from there on the issue of a CP01A Notice with the IP PIN. As of now, IP PINs are accessible to any casualty of tax-related recognizable proof theft and any inhabitant taxpayers of  Georgia, Florida, or the District of Columbia (the three locales with the most exceptional per-capita occurrences of identity theft). IP PINs are right now given distinctly in January, and every IP PIN client gets an alternate IP PIN every January. IP PIN correspondence must be held; they are hard to have reissued. 
4. You can acquire a duplicate of any fake tax return; ask IRS when you call. 
5. Document a police report. 
6. Document a report with the Federal Trade Commission at https://www.ftc.gov/news-occasions/media-assets/identity-theft-and-information security/recording grumbling or 877-ID-THEFT. 
7. Document a report with the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/contact_report_scam.shtml or 800-366-4484. 
8. Allude to IRS Publication 4535, Identity Theft Prevention and Victim Assistance, and Publication 5027, Identity Theft Information for Taxpayers. The IRS identity theft site is at https://www.irs.gov/Individuals/Identity-Protection.
9. Contact the three credit detailing departments to enact an extortion alert (which expects loan specialists to avoid potential risk to confirm your identity before giving credit in your name) and additionally a credit freeze (which keeps banks from seeing your credit report except if you explicitly grant them get to).

• Equifax on 800-766-0008  or visit www.equifax.com 
• Experian on 888-397-3742 or visit www.experian.com 
• TransUnion on 800-680-7289 or visit www.transunion.com

10. Exercise patience. IRS has made extraordinary attempts to discover tax-related identity theft cases and in taking new measures to aid aversion; notwithstanding, the whole procedure in settling a taxpayer's record will require significant investment. Keep in mind likewise that IRS will probably freeze any discount while it finalizes such resolution. 

Individual risk management – general tips for anticipating identity theft: 

• Minimize personal data in wallets or purses; go for an RFID blocking wallet; hold duplicates of such data 
• Shred any paper with individual data 
• Avoid giving individual data by phone 
• Protect PCs with firewalls, security patches, and antivirus.
• Refrain from opening or clicking connections to spontaneous email 
• Monitor records and audit budget summaries every now and again 
• Check that mail has not shown up recently opened 
• Review credit reports much of the time 
• Consider an identity theft security administration, for example, LifeLock