Question : Since you have been writing about ID-proofing at Social Security, I wanted to share that I got a letter from the Hawaii tax department requiring me to verify my identity before I could ...

Last year, the Idaho State Tax Commission sent over 3,800 identity verification letters and stopped nearly $2 million in income tax refunds from going to thieves who used stolen identities to file ...

Hood advises taxpayers that receiving such correspondence does not automatically imply an error on their part, noting that about half of the IRS letters are incorrect ...