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Your Pin Personal Identification Number, Is It Safe?
According to a new report by the Treasury Department's Inspector General for
Tax Administration (TIGTA), an estimated 1.2 million income tax returns were filed in 2007 by individuals whose wages were earned using another person's identification number.Many of the returns that included these wages were filed utilizing the taxpayers' correct names and social security numbers or individual taxpayer identification numbers (ITIN's). While this is predominant among illegal aliens, collections activities on the accounts of legitimate identification number holders can create considerable problems for both parties.
The TIGTA report concludes that the Internal Revenue Service does not currently have the resources or ability to identify this type of identity theft. TIGTA investigated this activity after it was apprised that numerous individuals, fraudulently utilizing other people's Social Security numbers for wage earning purposes, had their wages garnished by IRS due to the delinquent tax accounts of the legitimate holders of said numbers.
ITIN's are intended to provide tax identification numbers to both resident and nonresident aliens, but do not change an individual's immigration status. Part of TIGTA's investigation was to assess whether IRS has policies and procedures to effectively address collection issues relating to ITIN's.
The analysis found that IRS lacks employee guidelines with regard to assisting the taxpayer whose wages are being attached or the legitimate Social Security number holder who almost certainly is a victim of identity theft.
TIGTA recommendations include updating guidelines for collection issues associated with ITIN's, alerting taxpayers that their identities most likely have been compromised and matching ITIN returns with their related reporting returns.
Numerous benefits would almost certainly be derived from IRS adopting TIGTA's recommendations; not the least of which would be the creation of another avenue by which authorities may detect and subsequently deport illegal aliens.
The adoption of said policies would also help prevent taxpayer identity theft, ultimately reduce the demand for IRS resources, reduce the comingling of taxpayer accounts and provide for greater accountability among non-citizens working in this country.
Another consequence of IRS's seemingly lax oversight of ITIN usage according to the Center for Immigration Studies is the threat to homeland security by not adequately insuring that identification numbers are not issued to terrorist, criminals on the FBI database and those under deportation notices.
Additionally, the Center alleges that IRS subverts immigration law by failing to prevent illegal aliens from receiving tax benefits to which they are not entitled and withheld from public review data that is relevant to determining the economic contribution of illegal aliens to US society.
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