Tax Pros: Beware of evolving email and cloud-based schemes to steal taxpayer data

As part of a special Security Summit series, the IRS, state tax agencies and nation’s tax industry warn tax professionals to beware of evolving scams designed to steal client data. Security Summit partners continue to see instances where tax professionals have been vulnerable to identity theft phishing emails that pose as potential clients. The Summit also warns tax professionals using cloud-based systems to store and prepare tax returns and information to make sure they use multi-factor authentication in light of recent attacks. Visit IRS.gov for more about these schemes and available resources. This news release is also available in Spanish and Simplified Chinese.