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The Internal Revenue Service is strengthening the identity verification and sign-in process for its online self-help tools after a number of high-profile data breaches.
November 17 -
The service is alerting practitioners about some of the warning signals of taxpayer identity theft.
August 17 -
Private collection agencies that have contracted with the Internal Revenue Service to collect overdue tax debts have collected nearly $500 million since 2017, according to a new report, but that’s just a fraction of the over $30 billion owed.
December 31 -
Starting in January, the six-digit numbers will be available to everyone, not just those who have suffered from identity theft.
December 3 -
The Internal Revenue Service intends to start “masking” sensitive information to safeguard taxpayers against the threat of identity theft.
November 13 -
The service is better at detecting identity theft in business tax returns, according to a new report, but it’s still letting many potentially fraudulent claims get through.
October 26 -
The pandemic is 'turning up the volume' on security risks, according to security experts.
May 5 -
The Internal Revenue Service urged tax professionals and taxpayers to use the free, multi-factor authentication feature offered on tax prep software, as nearly two dozen firms reported data thefts so far.
February 14 -
The Seattle-based Top 20 Firm issued a notice of a data security incident that it detected in October exposing the names and Social Security numbers of some of its clients.
December 31 -
Taxpayers’ personal information and tax account data remain at risk of being leaked from the Internal Revenue Service’s computer networks despite progress on a data loss prevention program, according to a new report.
August 26