Filing an income tax return is few people’s idea of fun — but it’s worse when you can’t file the return because somebody using your identity already did. That increasingly common type of fraud can be ...

Nearly two-thirds of people worry scammers will steal their personal information to file a fraudulent tax return, according ...

The tool, an identity protection PIN, can help. By Ron Lieber An I.R.S. IP PIN, credit bureau security freezes and multifactor authentications are all part of Ron Lieber’s base-line security ...