Data security

The coronavirus pandemic is creating new exposures for accounting firms, and exacerbating others.

The Internal Revenue Service needs to improve how it handles third-party requests for access to taxpayer information and electronic signatures from representatives such as CPAs, enrolled agents and attorneys that could leave taxpayers at risk of identity theft, according to a new report.

Deferring payroll taxes; another way to track EIPs; managing needy clients; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

What is real and unreal about the times we're living through may have become hard to differentiate for many of us.

Smart Eye Technology releases screen privacy and document security platform; Wolters Kluwer TeamMate+ named finalist in Saas Awards; and Mode app now allows instant Bitcoin transfer.

As firms work remotely and cloud applications and security become more important than ever, accountants should be thinking about cybersecurity in new ways.

Wish you were here; refunds and interest; California and gig drivers; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The pandemic amplifies cybersecurity concerns for CPAs.

Making sure you’re secure working from home, spying on employees, and eight other recent developments in technology and how they’ll impact your clients and your firm.

Reopening the IRS; wording a referendum; the season that won’t end; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Outsourced accounting is among the options business leaders should carefully consider in these unprecedented times.

The COVID-19 pandemic has infected the service’s annual list of top tax scams.

150,000 reasons to protect yourself against ransomware, and nine other developments in technology from this past month and how they’ll impact your clients and your firm.

The committee’s suggestions for the IRS include collaborating with the FTC.

The Internal Revenue Service is warning taxpayers and tax professionals once again to beware of tax fraud and other related financial scams related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Excel gets co-opted in a phishing attack, Right Networks grabs Rootworks, and eight other recent developments in technology and how they’ll impact your clients and your firm.

As hackers and fraudsters take advantage of the chaos of the pandemic, cyberattacks are skyrocketing, according to SC&H Group director Jeff Bathurst -- making cybersecurity all the more important for accounting firms.

The organization warned victims about the potential for phishing attacks.

As companies are evaluating continued operations, balancing profits with acceptable levels of loss, functioning with massively more remote work and trying to make up for economic disruptions, the first thought tends to be “How can we cut costs?”

Ten pandemic-related technology developments from the past month, and how they’ll impact your clients and your firm.