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…