Where is the ip pin entered for 2025

[tanya-walker]

Is the ip pin a must IF you have no idea Of theft or fraud issues

[xmasbaby0]

You are not required to use an IP PIN if you have not had one in the past.   If you had an IP PIN for last year, then you will need a new one each year.

IDENTITY PIN

https://www.irs.gov/identity-theft-fraud-scams/retrieve-your-ip-pin

If you have a 6 digit PIN issued to you by the IRS you need to enter it in order to e-file.  Go to Federal>Other Tax Situations>Other Return Info>Identity Protection PIN and enter the six-digit PIN.

[MinhT1]

If you have been issued an IP PIN by the IRS, you must enter it in your tax return in order to e-file your return.

1. In TurboTax Online, open your return
2. Click on Search (magnifying glass icon) at the top right of your screen
3. In the Search box, enter IP PIN and click Enter
4. In the search result box, click on Go to IP PIN
5. TurboTax will take you directly to the section where you can enter your IRS IP PIN.

[polkeddurga]

This seems a good place to post the clarification that the 6-digit IP PIN is tied to the FILING YEAR, not the tax year.
TbT's instructions are as follows, and they are INCORRECT: "Enter the IP PIN issued for tax year 2025. Do not use an IP PIN from another year, or the IRS will reject your return."
TbT's AI spews the same misunderstanding.
Even a TbT expert with whom I spoke, though correct in advising me to use the new PIN, incorrectly referred to it as the "2025 tax year PIN." No, it is the 2026 FILING year PIN.
You can confirm this by looking at the IRS's FAQ on the subject, Q14.
(And the 5-digit signature PIN is a completely different thing.)