IRS now allows individual taxpayers to obtain an Identity Protection PIN

 Prior to January 2021, only individual taxpayers who were victims of Identity Theft were provided with a PIN for use in filing their future returns.  Returns submitted without this PIN were rejected by the IRS, helping to ensure a fraudulent return is not submitted in the taxpayer's name.  These PINS can be obtained on the IRS website at IRS.gov after completing an identify verification process