Reminder: Protect Yourself From Scammers Understanding how the IRS communicates can help taxpayers protect themselves from scammers who pretend to be from the IRS with the goal of stealing personal information. For example, the IRS typically does not call a taxpayer, but if the IRS does call, it should not be a surprise because the…
How Secure is Your Client Data? As the digital world continues to expand, we must protect all of the information and valuables associated. Having faulty cybersecurity leaves a window of opportunity for cyber theft and data corruption. We have a team of certified specialists to identify weaknesses and implement the proper tools to prevent an…
Protecting Business Taxpayers From Identity Theft Starting December 13, 2020, the IRS began masking sensitive data on business tax transcripts. Previously, only sensitive data on individual tax transcripts was masked. Here’s what you need to know about this new initiative to protect business taxpayers from identity theft: What is a tax transcript? A tax transcript…
There’s never an off-season when it comes to scammers and thieves who want to trick people to scam them out of money, steal their personal information, or talk them into engaging in questionable behavior with their taxes. While scam attempts typically peak during tax season, taxpayers need to remain vigilant all year long. For example,…
When you hear of fraud, what often first comes to mind is the CEO or CFO misrepresenting the company’s books to appear favorable for investors. But according to the 2012 Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Report to the Nations, Financial Statement Fraud Schemes only account approximately 8% of the incidents of Fraud. Asset misappropriation schemes are…