Five Steps for Addressing Identity Theft
The third National Tax Security Awareness Week tip from the IRS includes five steps for addressing identity theft.…
How to Recognize a Phishing Email Scam
As we hurtle into the holidays, rest assured the hackers and fraudsters are working feverishly to put the bow on their newest phishing email scam. And it’s aimed squarely at you.…
Eight Online Safety Tips from the Security Summit
National Tax Security Awareness Week is upon us, and this year the Security Summit released eight online safety tips to combat tax-related identity theft and help protect your data.…
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Scammers Turning up the Heat on Taxpayers
Apparently the Internal Revenue Service and tax professionals aren’t the only ones getting ready for income tax season. Scammers and identity thieves are getting busy as well, hitting taxpayers – and…
New Security Safeguards Coming in 2017
All week, we’ve been passing along tips to guard your financial data as part of National Tax Security Awareness Week. And hopefully we’ve given you some important points to ponder, then put to use. But what’s next?…
When That Call from the IRS Isn’t
It always seems to happen when you’ve just settled down for dinner. You get a phone call out of the blue and the man on the other end of the line says he’s Agent Such-and-Such from the Internal Revenue Service, Badge number something-or-Other.…
Tax Professionals May Be the Next Ground Zero in Cybersecurity Battle
America’s income tax professionals are being enlisted into a growing force of industry partners who are focused like never before on protecting their financial information – and that of their customers.…
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Don’t Get Hooked by a Phishing Expedition
Every day, taxpayers fall victim to scams through emails, websites, texts or phone calls and turn over data thinking they’re dealing with an official agency or business. But that email, web page, text, or call is a “spoof,” a fake that only appears to be the real thing.…
Stopping the Barbarians at the Gates: Password Tips
Drake has joined with the Internal Revenue Service, state tax agencies and income tax industry partners to highlight National Tax Security Awareness Week this week. And we start just where you should start – by looking at your passwords and how to make them stronger.…
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National Tax Security Awareness Week Begins
December’s the time for a lot of holiday sport events, and the IRS and its Security Summit partners are putting on a full-court press of their own against identity theft and tax fraud. The week of Dec. 5-9 has been designated “National Tax Security Awareness Week,” and will see the IRS, state tax agencies and the tax industry share a wealth of information with taxpayers.…
