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UPDATE: State Retrieves Nearly a Third of Questionable Tax Forms
The state revenue department has retrieved about 54,000 undelivered tax booklets from post offices in Portage, Madison and Oshkosh because the labels inadvertently include the taxpayer's Social Security. Reporter: Associated Press |
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MILWAUKEE (AP) -- The state revenue department has retrieved about 54,000 undelivered tax booklets from post offices in Portage, Madison and Oshkosh because the labels inadvertently include the taxpayer's Social Security.
Another 116,500 booklets with similar labels have been delivered.
Revenue department spokeswoman Meredith Helgerson said today she doesn't expect any more booklets will be recovered.
She says files that were sent to the vendor, Ripon Community Printers, have also been retrieved and Social Security numbers removed. She says that should ensure that vendors in the future will not receive confidential information.
The booklets were mailed to people who filed a form one long form in 2005 and filed jointly. But, despite the numbers being visible police say it doesn't mean anyone can steal your identity.
"In the last few years credit companies especially are able to deal with it and make it not such a bad situation for the person who's identity was stolen," said Wausau Police Deputy Chief Bryan Hilts.
Community Printers president Andy Lyke says they're trying to determine how the numbers ended up on the tax labels.
These are the numbers for the three main credit bureau's who can help you:
Equifax 1-800-525-6285
Experian 1-888-397-3742
TransUnion 1-800-680-7289
For more information on who may be affected and what to do if you are, click here.
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