Yes: We Now Require Your E-mail Address If You File Your State Return Electronically.

The State of West Virginia, similarly to other states, is now requesting that all taxpayers provide an e-mail address when they file their state income tax returns electronically this filing season. We require this additional information in an effort to fight tax fraud resulting from stolen identities. We consider your e-mail address to be personal information and treat it as such.

It is confidential. It is protected.

We will use your e-mail address only as an additional level of verification and protection for our taxpayers. We will never sell or otherwise distribute any personal information you provide including, of course, your e-mail address.

• You will not be permitted to electronically file a tax return with us unless you provide a viable e-mail address.
• We will never share personally identifiable information such as Social Security numbers, account numbers or refund amounts, in an e-mail to you.
• We will never request personally identifiable information such as Social Security numbers, account numbers or refund amounts, from you in an e-mail provided with the filing of a tax return.
• All e-mails being sent from us will end in the exchange @wv.gov. If you receive an e-mail purported to be from the West Virginia Tax Division that does not end in the @wv.gov exchange, it may be a phishing expedition or other such e-mail scam. Again, we encourage you to avoid clicking on any links contained therein and do not provide any personal information in response.