@jrobinsonchicago wrote:
Same here. I never filed for an IP Pin. When I submit the stimulus form I get denied for IND-181-01. That means that you are required to provide an IP Pin on your application. The problem is I don't have one, and I never signed up or requested one.
You can never "sign up" or "request" an IP PIN. The IRS issues them based on criteria that the IRS does not share. Most often it has nothing to do with you at all, but what the IRS suspects might be potential fraudulent returns filed by other filers. It is all part of the IRS clamp down on tax fraud and ID theft that taxpayers (and Congress) have demanded that the IRS take action on.
Currently there is no really good way for a taxpayer to identify themselves on a e-filed tax return. They used to use 5 digit pins but stopped using those after hackers and ID thieves learned to defeat it. Now they only use last years AGI, but ID thieves have learned that a large percentage of taxpayers do not have a 2018 AGI so 0 works.
Even the IP PIN recovery tool seems to be shut down because hackers figured a way to defeat it.
**Disclaimer: This post is for discussion purposes only and is NOT tax advice. The author takes no responsibility for the accuracy of any information in this post.**
