Wisconsin DOR Issues Information on Identity Protection PIN for Income Tax Returns, Homestead Credit Claims

The Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR) Nov. 29 issued information on the Identity Protection PIN program to encourage taxpayers to secure their personal information for individual income and property tax purposes. By mid-December, taxpayers can request their PIN on the DOR website and use it to file their 2021 individual income tax returns and homestead credit claims. The DOR provides: 1) the PIN includes seven alpha-numeric characters; 2) the PIN is specific to Wisconsin returns; 3) taxpayers should enter the PIN in the signature section of Form 1, Form 1NPR, Schedule H, or Schedule H-EZ; 4) taxpayers should use the ...