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Taxpayer Identity Theft in 2018

Equifax’s major data loss in 2017, where thieves stole sensitive information of more than 145 million people, is making taxpayers, the IRS, and CPAs worry. Tax authorities fear that Equifax’s stolen information may create havoc in 2018 as crooks race to use the stolen data to falsify returns. Fraudulent tax returns are typically filed early…