The Internal Revenue Service and its Security Summit partners at state tax authorities and tax prep companies issued a warning Thursday about a new scam email this tax season pretending to come from ...

The Internal Revenue Service has issued an urgent warning to tax professionals over a new scam in which cyber-criminals impersonate the IRS over email in an attempt to steal Electronic Filing ...

The IRS will hold webinars for tax professionals next week to help them avoid a scam email that tries to steal electronic filing identification numbers (EFINs) to gain access to client data and tax ...

WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service and Security Summit partners today alerted tax professionals of a scam email impersonating various software companies in an attempt to steal Electronic Filing ...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has warned US tax professionals of identity thieves actively targeting them in a series of phishing attacks attempting to steal Electronic Filing Identification ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) wants accountants to take heed this tax season and be on the lookout for scammers. Scammers are posing as tax software providers and requesting ...

Farming it out; short circuited; California dreamin'; and other highlights of recent tax cases. Marshall, Texas: Tax preparer Boyd Lynn Butcher, 51, has been sentenced to three years in prison for a ...

The FINANCIAL — The Internal Revenue Service, state tax agencies and tax industry today warned tax professionals of a new scam email that impersonates the IRS and attempts to steal Electronic Filing ...

Editor’s note: This column, which was originally published on March 1, is being brought back with individual income tax deadlines approaching in April. When I saw a headline that up to 15,000 Internal ...