Note-as the IRS writes in its description of the program on IP PIN page, once a taxpayer opts into the program there’s no way to get out of the program. Although the email does not indicate how the new states were selected, given the population sizes of the states being added it is likely the IRS is continuing to use the FTC list of absolute numbers of ID thefts reported to expand the program-so Wyoming residents may have a while to wait to get added to the list if for no other reason than are just far fewer people in Wyoming than most other states.
The IRS has been using the states with the largest number of ID thefts reported by the FTC to add to the list in the past. * States where residents were eligible to participate in the program in 2019. įor 2020 the program will be offered to those who filed a 2019 income tax return in the following states: During 2019 Congress mandated in the Taxpayer First Act that the program be expanded so that by Jall taxpayers could opt to participate in the program. Last year the IRS had their first expansion of the program, offering the program to residents of 9 states and the District of Columbia. As Kay Bell notes on her website, in 2010 the IRS created a pilot program in 2010 to allow for taxpayers to voluntarily request IP PINs, limited to only the three areas that had the highest level of tax related identity theft. Originally the PINs were issued only at the IRS’s discretion to actual or suspected victims of tax-related theft.
The IP PIN program was created to combat tax-related identity theft. This expansion was announced by the IRS in its e-News to Tax Professionals email subscription sent out on October 4, 2019. The IRS has expanded the number of states by 10 for which residents can voluntarily apply for an Identity Protection Personal Identification Number (IP PIN).
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