Budgetary constraints put pressure on government agencies to find new revenue sources, prevent tax fraud and improve tax compliance programs.

In a 2012 report, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) found that billions of taxpayer dollars are being paid to fraudsters unnecessarily due to identity theft. The problem also is occurring at the state and local levels, where criminals use fake identities to request billions in tax returns or individuals falsify tax information to reduce the money they are obligated to pay, such as around homestead exemptions.

Electronic filing has greatly increased the convenience for citizens filing tax returns. It has unfortunately also increased the ability of organized criminal groups to file fraudulent refunds in mass quantities. With LexisNexis® Revenue Discovery Solutions, tax and revenue agencies can:

• Take a proactive approach to detect and prevent fraud within tax programs,
• Help protect taxpayers from identity thieves;
• Maintain the same level of convenience for taxpayers filing online.

LexisNexis patented technology provided by solutions, such as the LexisNexis® Tax Refund Investigative Solution and the LexisNexis® Homestead Exemption Fraud Detection Solution get to the root of the identity fraud problem by focusing on identities. Several states are using the patented LexisNexis technology, and over the last several years have stopped over $400 million in tax fraud. If more revenue agencies avail themselves of these identity related solutions, the ‘pay and chase’ approach to fighting tax identity fraud can be a thing of the past.

• The Rise in State Income Tax Refund Identity Fraud
  Learn more about the reasons for the rise in identity-based tax refund fraud in the states and ways to fight against it.
• Identity Risk Framework: A New Perspective on How to Protect Government Programs Against Identity Fraud
  Learn new approaches to decrease identity fraud against a myriad of government benefits programs using data and analytics.

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