@Mattman wrote:
I've already filed for TY 2019 without any problems. What I was trying to do was get the PIN for when I e-file for tax year 2020, which would occur likely in Jan 2021 or Feb 2021 - if this fraudster doesn't beat me to it first.
Now that 2020 is the first year I noticed fraud under my social, per the fraudulent SBA loan opened in July 2020 under my social, I am concerned his next step is to file a fraudulent tax return for tax year 2020.
Any IP PIN you get now only protects you for any returns filed during calendar year 2020. You will need a new IP PIN in January 2021 to file your tax year 2020 return next year.
So there is an advantage of getting one now. An IP PIN now does essentially "lock up" your IRS account and permanently requires that any return filed in your name the rest of this year or any future years use an IP PIN.
