Data security

The Internal Revenue Service issued more than 4.4 million Economic Impact Payments last year totaling more than $5.5 billion to potentially ineligible people, according to a new report.

The Internal Revenue Service has been pilot testing new technology allowing for secure tax transcript retrieval that can integrate with an accounting firm’s practice management system.

Unfairness in the Tax Code; implementing inclusion; the stimulus and 2021 returns; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The Internal Revenue identified more than 4,500 fraudulent tax returns using an inmate’s Social Security Number in 2019, claiming refunds totaling over $14 million.

Security experts are seeing a rise this tax season in phishing schemes and malware tied to hot-button subjects like tax refunds, stimulus payments and COVID-19 vaccines.

When to file on 8821; RMDs and the extension; cloud concerns; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Vertex adds Brazil compliance product, BKD offers new cybersecurity solution, and Beanworks adds AI.

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued a warning about the widening range of scams involving Economic Impact Payments aimed at recipients of COVID-19 relief.

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.

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

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.

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.