If someone uses your Social Security number to file a fraudulent tax return in order to receive a tax refund, what can you do? The IRS now has a guide for taxpayers in this situation.
Better still, protect yourself from identity theft. Guard your personal and financial information. Monitor credit activities under your name through the major credit reporting bureaus. You are entitled to a free annual credit check.
The guide contains useful telephone numbers and web sites to help you protect your identity. For example, the IRS telephone number to call for questions about identity theft is 800-829-4490.
Source: FS-2012-8
A credit for income taxes paid to a foreign country or U.S. possession. 401(k) plan. A deferred pay plan, authorized by Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code, under which a percentage of an employee’s salary is withheld and placed in a savings account or the company’s profit-sharing plan. Income accumulates on the deferred amount until withdrawn by the employee at age 59?