According to the Internal Revenue Service, there are two new “business email compromise/business email spoofing (BEC/BES)” spear-phishing scams targeting tax professionals: the direct-deposit scam and the wire-transfer scam.…
On the first day of National Tax Security Awareness Week, the Internal Revenue Service highlighted ways that cybercriminals target online shoppers during the holiday season.…
The Internal Revenue Service, along with its Security Summit industry partners, is sponsoring a national campaign next week to promote better practices to protect sensitive tax and financial data.…
The Internal Revenue Service has done a lot over the last few years to bring its systems up to speed with the latest online security measures.…
The Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee (ETAAC) presented an annual report to Congress on June 27 emphasizing the importance of fighting identity theft tax refund fraud.…
How Did the TY2017 Tax Season Turn Out?We’re a few weeks removed from tax season, so we wanted to hear what tax professionals thought about the latest iteration of the January-to-April annual…
The April 17 deadline for filing will bring this tax season to a close before we know it. So it makes sense that the bad guys are planning to make hay while the sun shines. Identity thieves and…
It used to be said that the only things that are inevitable in this life are death and taxes. You might want to add “hacking” to that list. According to the computer information security and cybercrime monitoring website HackRead, it’s being reported that some cybercriminals are targeting much younger victims these days for their Personally Identifiable Information (PII).…
Back in the day, many independent tax preparer offices didn’t have much need for outside experts in order to carry out their work. As computers and networking came into common use, so did the need for more specialized knowledge.…
Data breaches are becoming more common, underscoring just how important it is that everyone learn data security best practices.…
