The Internal Revenue Service has followed through on its promise to add digital signature capability to more tax forms, enabling an additional six forms to use the feature.…
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More and more, tax professionals are relying on working remotely, also known as teleworking, in order to stay connected with clients and remain productive.…
Many states are rolling back reopening plans, and the looming flu season could present additional complications. That’s why the Internal Revenue Service and Security Summit partners are developing a five-week data security campaign that focuses on remote work.…
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The IRS is joining with its Security Summit task force to warn tax professionals about the continuing threat posed by phishing emails to their data security efforts.…
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The April filing deadline is long gone, but that doesn’t stop scammers from attempting to swindle American taxpayers out of their hard-earned money.…
Data security has become a very large, and very important, part of what we do in the income tax industry. That’s why it makes sense for every tax office—large or small—to hire a cybersecurity professional to help safeguard the business’ data and the data of their clients.…
Since the majority of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act changes went into effect in tax year 2018 and there’s a new Form 1040 and supporting schedules to learn, Drake Software wanted to see if preparers felt ready before the January 28 start date.…
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Filing season may have begun, but it’s never too late to think about data security for your tax office. A few weeks ago, we invited Jami Gibson to come on the Taxing Subjects Podcast to talk about…
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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.…
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