Data and information management

Leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee want the Internal Revenue Service to assist taxpayers who are getting information returns in the mail for unemployment benefits they never received.

The Internal Revenue Service should be doing more to protect the security of tax transcript information available through its Income Verification Express Service program, according to a new report.

Quadient updates document management, SafeSend rebrands, Rippling adds time and attendance tracking, and cryptocurrency news.

BKD becomes reseller of Reptune; and AccountMate updates software, adds TaxJar integration.

The Internal Revenue Service is alerting tax professionals about a dangerous new phishing scam.

Republicans are asking the Biden administration to assist taxpayers who are receiving tax forms for unemployment benefits claimed by identity thieves.

Twenty-five staff members from Syzygy Solutions and Velossent will join Aprio’s advisory services group.

The Internal Revenue Service is advising taxpayers who received a Form 1099-G for unemployment benefits they never got to contact their state because their identity may have been stolen.

Accounting practices are major targets for hackers, ransomware and more

To succeed in today’s disrupted business environment, finance teams need to consider all of their untapped sources of value.

Vertex extends partnership with Adobe, new app provides disaster preparedness analysis, and a new analytics tool for property management is available.

Some leading organizations are taking the SEC’s cue and tightening up their filings to provide stakeholders with better clarity, focus and insight.

Benchmarking has become a useful tool for organizations of all kinds to gauge their performance during the uncertain environment created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation Division issued a warning Thursday about a new wave of COVID-19 scams tied to the latest round of stimulus payments, especially targeting taxpayers in the District of Columbia.

More and more, public accountants need to build their capabilities around handling data.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration so far hasn’t uncovered any evidence that sensitive taxpayer data was accessed during cyberintrusions blamed on Russian government hackers.

Best IT defenses; learning from mistakes; the price of training; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

No more robots checking inventory at WalMart, Hubspot for QuickBooks, and eight other recent developments in technology, and how they’ll impact your clients and your firm.

Quarium hosts QuickBooks Desktop products so firms can access data from anywhere, securely.

The Internal Revenue Service cautioned electronic return originators about a new identity theft scheme aimed at holders of Electronic Filing Identification Numbers from fraudsters posing as IRS contractors.