Identity theft protection

The House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee held a hearing Wednesday on the Internal Revenue Service’s online taxpayer authentication efforts after a string of security breaches in recent years.

The Internal Revenue Service is planning to update its user agreement for taxpayers and tax professionals accessing its e-Services applications online in an effort to improve security.

The Internal Revenue Service needs to improve its procedures to prevent the fraudulent use of third-party authorization forms.

The Internal Revenue Service could be pursuing further action to reduce tax refund losses associated with business identity theft, according to a new report.

The Internal Revenue Service said Wednesday it will provide a new format for transcripts of individual tax returns that will safeguard taxpayer data by redacting personally identifiable information from Form 1040 series returns.

The Internal Revenue Service needs to strengthen its taxpayer authentication efforts to combat identity theft, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.

The Internal Revenue Service is encouraging practitioners to secure their client data.

Criminals who pretend to be working for the IRS are asking for bank information from international taxpayers and non-resident aliens.

The tax-writing panel voted on a bipartisan basis to approve a set of bills to “redesign” the Internal Revenue Service.

The Republican and Democratic leaders of the House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee released legislation to ‘redesign’ the Internal Revenue Service.