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.…
As you know, tax preparation these days is all about the data. There’s your data – e-Services logins, tax software and business data; and there’s client data – the bits and pieces we put together to make a successful income tax return.…
Over the past months, we’ve shared a lot of information with you about how best to defend your office from a data breach or some other security incident. But what happens if the unthinkable happens. You know – someone gains access to your personal, professional or client data; someone who stole it. Then what?…
If there’s one word to describe the income tax filing process in 2017, it’s “security.” And while we’ve told you about the steps needed to keep your financial and client data secure, security is more than just computers and software.…
Back up your files regularly, have more than one copy of everything, don’t rely on just one backup media type, and keep at least one of the copies of your backup data off-site.…
