Data security

The Internal Revenue Service should be doing more to protect the security of tax transcript information available through its Income Verification Express Service program, according to a new report.

The Internal Revenue Service is alerting tax professionals about a dangerous new phishing scam.

Republicans are asking the Biden administration to assist taxpayers who are receiving tax forms for unemployment benefits claimed by identity thieves.

Twenty-five staff members from Syzygy Solutions and Velossent will join Aprio’s advisory services group.

The Internal Revenue Service is advising taxpayers who received a Form 1099-G for unemployment benefits they never got to contact their state because their identity may have been stolen.

Accounting practices are major targets for hackers, ransomware and more

The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation Division issued a warning Thursday about a new wave of COVID-19 scams tied to the latest round of stimulus payments, especially targeting taxpayers in the District of Columbia.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration so far hasn’t uncovered any evidence that sensitive taxpayer data was accessed during cyberintrusions blamed on Russian government hackers.

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