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Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Identity Theft Do’s And Don’ts To Protect Yourself

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The IRS concluded its special summer series with important reminders to tax professionals and taxpayers to protect themselves against Identity theft. The reminders for tax professionals and taxpayers to reduce identity...more

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Elder Fraud During Tax Season: Schemes, Red Flags and Prevention Methods to Protect Your Loved Ones & Their Bank Accounts

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“Rejected.” Your pulse quickens as you read the letter your mother received from the IRS after filing her tax return. Someone else filed her taxes before you and collected her refund. You were hoping that money would help...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Weekly IRS Roundup November 14 – November 18, 2022

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Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of November 14, 2022 – November 18, 2022...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - July 2019 #2

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The Internet Society’s Online Trust Alliance just released its "2018 Cyber Incident & Breach Trends Report," which says “2018–Some Better, Some Worse, All Bad.” That’s our experience, too. Here are the highlights from the...more

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Privacy Tip #198: Cybersecurity for Tax Professionals

This week, I was honored to again have the opportunity to participate as a speaker at the Internal Revenue Service’s Nationwide Tax Forum 2019 in Washington, D.C. Through a generous grant provided by the American Coalition...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Tax Scams put Taxpayers at Risk

The IRS produces a yearly list of Tax Scams known as the Dirty Dozen that Taxpayers may encounter.    IRS reiterates that Tax Scams put Taxpayers at Risk when it releases its list of Dirty Dozen Tax Scams.  These aggressive...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Virginia Data Breach Law Amended to Include Income Tax Preparers

We have frequently reported about how devastating and widespread tax fraud is in the U.S.—in the past affecting hundreds of thousands of U.S. tax payers. Income tax preparers are at risk for cyber intrusions because they hold...more

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FTC Releases Annual Privacy and Data Security Update

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The FTC has released its annual report summarizing its activity during 2017 relating to privacy and data security issues.  In its self-declared role as “the nation’s primary privacy and data security enforcer,” the FTC...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #51 – Check Up on Your Tax Preparer’s Data Security Measures

We have written before about the ability of hackers to file false tax returns to get fraudulent refunds by using the IRS website, and how hundreds of thousands of Americans have become victims of tax fraud. The IRS...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

IRS approved tax preparers fail to protect consumers’ privacy and IRS increases the number of individuals affected by filing of...

In a report of an audit of 13 IRS approved tax filing firms, Online Trust Alliance found that six of the 13 firms do not provide adequate security against cyberintrusions. The firms, all members of the IRS’s Free File...more

McGuireWoods LLP

IRS Begins Campaign to Encourage Taxpayers to Protect Personal Information

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As we recently reported, on October 20, the IRS announced the implementation of new measures developed in collaboration with state taxing authorities and tax industry leaders to prevent identity theft in refund fraud. On...more

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