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A Minor IRS Inconvenience Shows Trump Is Serious About Fighting Fraud

The IRS notice in my mail represents another piece of evidence suggesting the Trump administration is taking the fight against fraud seriously.

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At first blush, it seems highly unlikely that any correspondence from the Internal Revenue Service would bring good news. However, I recently received an IRS letter that, if I did not exactly celebrate, I could in many respects welcome.

It appears the IRS is stepping up its anti-fraud game, taking additional measures to ensure the security of households’ tax returns — not to mention taxpayer dollars. Despite the small inconvenience these measures caused me and perhaps some readers, they should make all of us safer over time.

The letter from the IRS, called a 4883C, included the following:

We recently received a tax return for tax year 2025 using your name and Social Security number (SSN) or individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN). If you DID file: Call our Taxpayer Protection Program hotline at [number redacted] between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. local time. We need more information from you to verify your identity and tax return information so we can continue processing........

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