how to obtain PIN number

[schirallicpa]

How does someone obtain their PIN if they never got it in the mail.  My client received a letter that said they were issuing him a PIN but does not have the PIN letter.  Now he has called the number on the first letter and they said to mail in the return.  Well who on earth wants to paper file?  This is just nuts!

 

[Lion EA]

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

[Margaret CPA in OH]

One of my clients never received her PIN by mail but I helped her set up her own account.  She was able to receive it through that method so we could file her return.