Data security

A new report from the Government Accountability Office questions the usefulness of services such as identity monitoring, credit monitoring and identity theft insurance, particularly when it comes to safeguarding against tax refund fraud.

The Internal Revenue Service has seen a proliferation in the past 24 hours of a phishing email seeking to steal tax practitioners’ usernames and passwords for the IRS's online services.

The Top 100 firm is adding a cybersecurity company based in Lexington, Ky., effective April 1.

The Internal Revenue Service failed to deactivate its Identity Protection Personal Identification Number program after a data breach in May 2015 for nearly a year, despite repeated recommendations from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, according to a new report.

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No matter how small your firm is, your clients’ information is very tempting to hackers.

The Internal Revenue Service is continuing to face challenges with identity theft and taxpayer service this tax season, although there have been some improvements since last year.

The IRS is seeking nominees for its Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee.

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Tax season is prime time for malicious actors who seek to make money off unwary filers. Cybersecurity is key.

The tool allows firms to mandate all employees use it, and for clients to opt in.

A new alert cautions practitioners about phishing emails purporting to come from tax app companies.

The free course from the National Association of Tax Professionals was a joint venture with the IRS and the Federal Trade Commission.

The Internal Revenue Service is making progress on its efforts to combat stolen identity refund fraud, but the accuracy of its measurements of the identity theft problem needs to be better, according to a new government report.

A pair of new government reports highlighted some of the hurdles the Internal Revenue Service needed to overcome last filing season as it struggles to help taxpayers and identity theft victims despite constrained resources.

The tax prep chain and the charity have boosted authentication and encryption for their free tax-filing service.

The Internal Revenue Service, along with state tax authorities and the tax preparation industry, are cautioning businesses to beware of an email phishing scam using a corporate officer’s name asking for employee W-2 forms from payroll and human resources departments at companies.

The Better Business Bureau Northwest is sounding the alarm about a new email phishing scam targeting users of Intuit’s QuickBooks accounting software.

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