[TriLUG] OT: Security concern: H&R Block wanted my DL number to do my taxes

[Scott Schulz via TriLUG]

On 30 Mar 2017, at 18:40, Joseph Mack NA3T via TriLUG wrote:

> They've been doing my taxes for several years. This year I had to give 
> them my DL number before they would do my taxes. This caught me 
> unawares. I didn't think to ask what would happen if I refused. They 
> just said "We're required to collect it". They didn't say who told 
> them to collect it; the IRS, H&R Block...

TurboTax did the same thing, so I’m guessing it is the IRS.  Probably 
some scheme to cut down on all the eFraud they had going on last year.

SwS