It’s no secret that identity thieves use stolen personally identifiable information (PII) to fraudulently file tax returns, which is why the Internal Revenue Service and members of the tax industry have been working diligently to improve data security for taxpayers… Read More...

You probably won’t believe this, but the Internal Revenue Service reported new phishing email scams are targeting tax professionals. In one of this week’s IRS Newswire press releases, the agency identified two scams using “business email compromise/business email spoofing (BEC/BES)… Read More...

It won’t come as a shock to tax professionals across the country when they learn there is a new tax-related identity theft scam targeting the tax industry. While the general tactic is something tax pros are accustomed to dealing with—a… Read More...

This blog spends a lot of time covering the various scams and cybercrimes that target tax professionals. So much in fact that you might start to think the future is pretty bleak when it comes to protecting your data. Luckily,… Read More...

Now that turkey dinners are in the rear view, the December holiday festivities are just a few weeks away—but it’s not quite time to rest on pre-filing season laurels. Despite 2019 being around the corner, some tax professionals still need… Read More...

At a time when having a written data security plan is required of tax professionals by the Federal Trade Commission, the importance of protecting the financial information collected from tax clients cannot be understated. Even if tax professionals weren’t handed… Read More...