The Internal Revenue Service must increase resources for victim assistance cases involving identity theft, which are taking an average of almost two years to resolve, an independent watchdog ...

Taxpayers who have been the victims of identity theft have experienced significant delays when requesting refunds from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), according to a Wednesday report to ...

Rather than prioritizing identity-theft cases, the IRS has diverted resources from the unit handling them, forcing victims to wait “endlessly for resolution and refunds,” according to the report.

The Internal Revenue Service must increase resources for victim assistance cases involving identity theft, which are taking an average of almost two years to resolve, an independent watchdog ...