Identity theft protection

The Internal Revenue Service and its partners in the tax industry and state tax authorities issued a warning Monday about a wave of e-mails from cybercriminals purporting to come from “IRS Refunds.”

The new authentication process that was installed after a big data breach still isn’t protecting taxpayer info.

The Internal Revenue Service cautioned practitioners to be on the alert for the re-emergence of a cybercriminal scam that is helping fuel a dramatic uptick in reports of stolen information from firms.

The Internal Revenue Service is cautioning tax professionals to safeguard their information from identity thieves.

The Internal Revenue Service is beginning to release tax refunds for taxpayers who claim the Earned Income Tax Credit or the Additional Child Tax Credit after subjecting their tax returns to some extra scrutiny.

The Internal Revenue Service failed to tell nearly half a million victims of identity theft last year their information was being used by others for employment purposes, according to a new report, which attributed the failure to a computer programming error.

The Internal Revenue Service needs to do more to prevent inactive Employer Identification Numbers from being used to commit business identity theft and tax fraud, according to a new government report.

The Internal Revenue Service said Thursday it saw dramatic declines in tax-related identity theft last year, thanks to the effort of the Security Summit, which brings together the IRS with state tax authorities and the tax industry.

The Internal Revenue Service is making progress on improving its authentication processes after a string of data breaches on some of its e-Services and online apps, but some of the improvements haven’t been completely implemented, according to a new report.

The Internal Revenue Service warned tax professionals Friday to beef up their security measures and avoid clicking on some new phishing emails that can download malware onto their computers to steal their clients’ data.