Yes it does. I am a retired IRS employee. Tax Topic 152 usually means you must verify your identity. In fact, even as an IRS employee, I received Tax Topic 152 several years ago. If you wait for the IRS to send a letter it could be months. My suggestion is be proactive and continuously call the IRS until you get through and verify your identify. This verify identity usually occurs if you are using a different mailing address than you did the prior year, if you've had a name change, or if you have changed filing status (i.e. going from single to married or vice versa). This is not a bad thing (Tax Topic 152) but it DOES require some sort of action on your part to verify your identity.
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