Employee benefits

As Tax Day looms near, cybercriminals will be making a strong push down the final stretch.

A data breach in the Internal Revenue Service’s Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, tool, which the IRS was forced to shut down last month, may have affected up to 100,000 taxpayers.

A new report from the Government Accountability Office questions the usefulness of services such as identity monitoring, credit monitoring and identity theft insurance, particularly when it comes to safeguarding against tax refund fraud.

The Internal Revenue Service has seen a proliferation in the past 24 hours of a phishing email seeking to steal tax practitioners’ usernames and passwords for the IRS's online services.

For firms interested in implementing a health reimbursement arrangement, several steps must be completed to do so correctly and compliantly.

Sikich LLP is expanding its employee benefit services business by acquiring Evolution Retirement Services, a firm based in the Milwaukee area.

The Internal Revenue Service failed to deactivate its Identity Protection Personal Identification Number program after a data breach in May 2015 for nearly a year, despite repeated recommendations from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, according to a new report.

The Internal Revenue Service is adding extra staff starting Tuesday to help tax professionals reinstate their e-Services accounts.

The IRS is seeking nominees for its Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has released an update to improve the financial reporting on pensions and other post-retirement benefits.