Leaders from the Internal Revenue Service, state tax agencies and tax preparation community are warning tax preparers that they increasingly are targets of cybercriminals and should take appropriate steps to protect clients from data theft.
Thomson Reuters has released a special report, What to Do If Your Client is a Victim of Tax-Related Identity Theft, which provides helpful guidance for tax professionals advising victims of tax-related identity theft.
How to keep sensitive client data out of the hands of identity thieves.
As part of the continued crackdown on refund fraud and identity theft, the Internal Revenue Service today released the Top 10 Identity Theft Prosecutions for Fiscal Year 2015. These prosecutions are part of the wide-ranging strategy to combat refund fraud