TAX SEASON FRAUD PREVENTION SURVEY

TAX DOCUMENTS ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO

INFORMATION FRAUD
& IDENTITY THEFT
90% 44%
YET

of
TAXPAYERS ARE CONFIDENT say they DON’T KNOW HOW
THEY ARE NOT AT RISK when THEIR DOCUMENTS ARE
filing with a certified tax preparer TOTAL TAX PAYERS STORED OR DESTROYED

Tax payers aren’t taking the right precautions.

54 %
tax payers believe tax
TAXES
2019 of
documents are more
susceptible to identity theft WHAT’S THE
(Compared to mortgage or loan documents)

RISK?
taxpayers admit to

40
OVER
%
storing tax paperwork During tax season 38%
in a box, desk drawer of tax payers worry
of or unlocked cabinet they could become
a victim of tax fraud
or tax identity theft

21% 18%of of
1 in 4 of taxpayers know
MEN WOMEN someone who has been
admit they do not shred tax paperwork a victim of tax fraud
before throwing them away or tax identity theft

ALMOST

10%
say they have been

48
UP TO tax payers do not know a victim of tax fraud
% how long they are supposed
to keep tax documents
or tax identity theft
of

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