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The Internal Revenue Service and its Security Summit partners are warning tax professionals that cybercriminals are targeting them with new ways to get taxpayer information.…
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A warning has been issued to all taxpayers and tax professionals alike: Beware of scams and identity theft schemes by criminals taking advantage of the holiday shopping period, the approaching tax…
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Fiscal Year 2020 was a very busy—and productive—year for the IRS’ Criminal Investigations unit. The just-released annual report for CI Division touts the unit’s identification of more than $10 billion in tax fraud and other financial crimes, despite the limitations of the COVID-19 pandemic.…
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Identity thieves who deploy phishing scams are quick to innovate, using popular communication platforms and current events to target victims where and when they are most vulnerable.…
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The Security Summit yesterday reported that taxpayers are being targeted by a new series of text-message scams that impersonate state departments of revenue and tax relief organizations. An…
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The pandemic has affected everything in American life, even National Small Business Week. This year, the Internal Revenue Service spent all three days of the event highlighting online resources that can help small businesses dealing with coronavirus-related difficulties.…
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The Internal Revenue Service says it’s continuing to look for ways to assist taxpayers taxpayers who’ve been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. To that end, the agency is reminding taxpayers and tax…
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When the Internal Revenue Service announced this summer, it was temporarily expanding the use of e-signatures on IRS forms, a number of professional tax groups applauded.…
Drake Software surveyed more than 1,300 tax professionals to learn how COVID-19 affected their filing season.…
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The Internal Revenue Service has approved the use of e-signatures on certain forms that can’t be filed electronically. The move comes in response to the coronavirus pandemic, in order to protect the health of taxpayers and tax pros alike.…
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