Tax Identity Theft: How It Occurs and How to Prevent It
Tax identity theft works like a race, and the prize is your tax refund. When someone files a tax return with your Social Security number before you do, the Internal Revenue Service processes their return first and rejects yours as a duplicate. In that scenario, the first sign arrives at that moment, when the return you file is turned away.
How long recovery takes depends on which return the IRS processes first. If its filters catch the fraudulent return, the IRS holds it and sends a letter ask
