WASHINGTON - The Internal Revenue Service today reminded taxpayers who receive requests from the IRS to verify their identities that the Identity Verification Service website, idverify.irs.gov ...

A 5071c letter is a letter from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). While the IRS sends many letters, this specific document notifies you about identity verification before issuing a refund.

The Internal Revenue Service is sending letters to verify the identity of taxpayers as part of its effort this tax season to combat the growing problem of identity theft.

The taxpayer must verify their identity before the IRS can continue processing the tax return. Here’s a look at the first page of the old Notice 5071C: ...

The IRS confirmed it asks taxpayers to verify their identity by sending out a 5071C or 6331C letter. Until your ID is verified, your tax return won't be processed.

Letter 5071C is mailed through the U.S. Postal Service to the address on the return. It asks taxpayers to verify their identities in order for the IRS to complete processing of the returns if the ...

In Letter 5071C, taxpayers will be asked to visit an identification verification website. If they did not file the return in question, the IRS will take steps to assist. If they did file it ...

IRS sends out 5071C letters to verify taxpayer identity when it stops suspicious tax returns that have indications of being cases of identity theft.

The IRS identifies suspicious tax returns based on filters and pulls them for review. Subsequently, the IRS sends Letter 5071C, 4883C, or 5747C to the taxpayer asking him or her to contact the IRS and ...