It replaces a logo that the IRS created in 2012. While use of the new logo is optional, the agency said, use of the prior logo must cease. One reason: The prior logo contains a likeness of a ...

An IRS envelope will include the IRS logo, and the letter will have your partial tax ID number and either a notice number (CP) or letter number (LTR) on either the top or bottom right-hand corner ...

The old IRS logo was essentially a copy-and-paste job of the Treasury Department’s seal — there was a key, a balanced scale, a chevron with 13 stars representing the 13 original states.

Last year the IRS received 294,138 complaints of reported identity theft, the second most in its history. Scammers can file tax returns on your behalf, ... Stop tax ID theft before it starts.