IRS tax filing PIN

So just a FYI in case you use the IRS identity protection pin option and are waiting for them to send you a new one this year.

Every year I've received a security PIN from the IRS to use when filing my tax forms electronically. It's a way to avoid identity theft, if you've had your information stolen in a security breach somewhere. Since I've had mine grabbed in at least six different data breaches, I go the IRS ID protection route.   As I only use it once a year I completely forgot that they issue a new one every year and the old one becomes invalid. And since they had not sent me a new one, but the tax filing season is now open, I filed my taxes electronically with the PIN I used last year.  It bounced back as "not accepted", of course. 

Eventually I sorted out that I could go to the IRS website and request an updated one, after logging in through ID.me.  Did that, new pin generated, 1040 accepted.  I still haven't heard from them, but perhaps my manually generating a new one flipped some switch and took me off the "send a new one out" list.

Thanks for the reminder. I also get my IRS PIN through my online IRS account each year.

Oh joy, another year, another round of tax filings. I do our federal return, our Louisiana return, my son’s return, my daughter’s return, and then my HMRC return and my wife’s HMRC return. Oh, and also the FBAR filing.

Thanks for the reminder. I also get my IRS PIN through my online IRS account each year.

Oh joy, another year, another round of tax filings. I do our federal return, our Louisiana return, my son’s return, my daughter’s return, and then my HMRC return and my wife’s HMRC return. Oh, and also the FBAR filing.

I thought you employed a tax "factotum" to file all the various forms.

I thought you employed a tax "factotum" to file all the various forms.

I do, but they can’t efile as they don’t have a US TIN/SSN so I use TurboTax to do the efiling. I buy it anyway each year to do tax planning and also to file my son’s taxes.

I guess filing taxes early this year is a good thing. Or it's all completely automated now - which is pretty likely since they've laid off so many people.  I filed a straight-forward 1040 electronically on Jan 27, it was accepted by the IRS on Jan 28, and the refund hit my bank account this morning (Feb 6).  A ten day turn-around is a new record for the IRS in my interactions.

I do, but they can’t efile as they don’t have a US TIN/SSN so I use TurboTax to do the efiling. I buy it anyway each year to do tax planning and also to file my son’s taxes.

Did you need a U.S. address for your payment card?

Did you need a U.S. address for your payment card?

Yes, I keep a US credit card with my daughter’s US forwarding address to pay for TurboTax.