{"id":14784,"date":"2015-11-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/irs-working-to-block-identity-theft\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T15:10:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T15:10:30","slug":"irs-working-to-block-identity-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/irs-working-to-block-identity-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"IRS Working to Block Identity Theft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stop losing sleep over your tax situation. I&#039;m Darrin Mish \u2014 a tax attorney in Tampa who&#039;s spent 32 years handling exactly this kind of problem. Here&#039;s what you need to know.<\/p>\n<p>America\u2019s businesses are <a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2015\/11\/11\/american-businesses-at-risk-of-identity-theft-under-irss-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">under threat of identity theft<\/a>, but is it the fault of the IRS? Understandably, and rightfully so, businesses, large and small, have a duty to keep the public\u2019s information safe and secure. No doubt, the IRS is working hard to make sure that unauthorized individuals are prevented from using a business\u2019s identifying information to claim tax benefits, there are still short comings in the system that need to be plugged.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"pullquote\">Of course all of this is happening while the IRS struggles to maintain a level of efficiency amidst budget cuts and layoffs. Consider the fact that 15,000 layoffs have occurred in the past five years. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also a challenge with individual taxpayer information being stolen and false returns being filed. The IRS is trying to compensate by allowing individuals to see get a copy of the false returns that were filed with their Social Security numbers.<\/p>\n<p>These are challenging times for everyone.<a href=\"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/\"> However, individuals can opt to hire a tax attorney that can help walk them through all the nuances of tax law and regulations.<\/a> It\u2019s always best to be on the safe side, regardless of what\u2019s happening with the IRS.<\/p>\n<p>Check out more <a href=\"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/category\/irs-news\/\">IRS News<\/a> stories by clicking that link.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"rank-math-contact-info wpseo_map_compat\"><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div class=\"rank-math-contact-info wpseo_address_compat show-address show-address-only\"><div class=\"rank-math-contact-section rank-math-contact-address\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div class=\"rank-math-contact-info wpseo_opening_hours_compat\"><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stop losing sleep over your tax situation. I&#039;m Darrin Mish \u2014 a tax attorney in Tampa who&#039;s spent 32 years handling exactly this kind of problem. Here&#039;s what you need to know. America\u2019s businesses are under threat of identity theft, but is it the fault of the IRS? Understandably, and rightfully so, businesses, large and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[591],"tags":[593],"class_list":["post-14784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irs-news","tag-tax-identity-theft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14784"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22709,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14784\/revisions\/22709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}