News Events and Announcements
- IR-2020-271, National Tax Security Awareness Week, Day 5: Security Summit alerts tax professionals to potential telework scams during COVID-19, urges all practitioners to use multi-factor authentication
- IR-2020-268, National Tax Security Awareness Week, Day 4: Security Summit urges businesses to tighten security, offers new protections against identity theft
- IR-2020-267, National Tax Security Awareness Week, Day 3: IRS expands Identity Protection PIN Opt-In Program to taxpayers nationwide
- IR-2020-266, IRS National Tax Security Awareness Week, Day 2: 2021 online tax preparation products to offer multi-factor authentication for taxpayers, tax pros
- IR-2020-265, National Tax Security Awareness Week opens with warnings to all taxpayers and tax professionals as holidays, 2021 tax season approach
- IR-2020-259, Security Summit partners announce National Tax Security Awareness dates; urge increased security measures as fraudsters exploit COVID-19 concerns
- IR-2020-249, Security Summit partners warn taxpayers of new COVID-related text scam
- IR-2020-184, Working Virtually: make a plan for protecting data and reporting theft; Part 5 of Security Summit tips for tax professionals
- IR-2020-178, Working Virtually: Avoid phishing scams; Part 4 of Security Summit tips for tax professionals
- IR-2020-176, Working Virtually: Use a virtual private network to secure remote locations; Part 3 of Security Summit tips for tax professionals
- IR-2020-170, Working Virtually: Use multi-factor authentication to protect accounts; Part 2 of Security Summit for tax professionals
- IR-2020-167, Working Virtually: Protect tax data at home and at work with the “Security Six,” Part 1 of Security Summit tips for tax professionals
- IR-2020-163, Security Summit focuses on tax pro security during coronavirus; new series on working virtually; protecting tax data at home and at work
- IR-2020-32, IRS urges tax professionals, taxpayers to protect tax software accounts with multi-factor authentication