Register Your Own IRS Account
Daniel Jalkut recommends that you sign up for your own account with the Internal Revenue Service to help prevent fraud:
You filing by mail will not supersede a criminal having already filed online in your stead.
I already had an EFTPS account for tax payments, but this is separate. I am a little spooked that the answers to all my identity verification questions were “none of the above.” In order to actually download your records, you have to turn off Safari’s pop-up blocker.
One unexpected consequence of signing up for an IRS account: “Note: All future correspondence will be via email.” Yikes.
