National Tax Security Awareness Week: A Few Basic Steps Everyone Should Remember

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National Tax Security Awareness Week, Day 5: Tax professionals need data protection plans; must guard against identity theft

Tax Security Awareness Week wraps up with some final thoughts on expectations for tax professionals when it comes to protecting client data.

National Tax Security Awareness Week, Day 4: IRS, Security Summit warns business owners about being targets for identity thieves

Business, partnerships and estate and trust filers should be alert to potential identity theft and contact the IRS if they experience any of these issues.

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National Tax Security Awareness Week, Day 3: Creating strong passwords can protect taxpayers from identity theft

A strong password helps protect your online accounts and the sensitive data contained within them.

National Tax Security Awareness Week, Day 2: Don’t take the bait: Recognize, avoid phishing scams from identity thieves

More than 90% of all data thefts begin with an email phishing scam. Here’s what to look out for.

IRS and Security Summit partner offer Cyber Monday shopping tips to protect computers, mobile phones

When shopping online, the IRS and Summit partners remind taxpayers to protect themselves with these tips.

New IRS Impersonation Email Scam

By infecting computers with malware, imposters may gain control of the taxpayer’s computer or secretly download software that tracks every keystroke, eventually giving them passwords to sensitive accounts, such as financial accounts.

IRS kicks off annual list of most prevalent tax scams: Agency warns taxpayers of pervasive phishing schemes in its ‘Dirty Dozen’ campaign

Kicking off the annual “Dirty Dozen” list of tax scams, the Internal Revenue Service today warned taxpayers of the ongoing threat of internet phishing scams that lead to tax-related fraud and identity theft.

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