Boost Security Immunity: Fight Against Identity Theft

The Internal Revenue Service and the Security Summit partners urged tax professionals this summer to take basic actions to stem the data theft from their offices.

The 2021 campaign begins as the number of data thefts reported by tax professionals to the IRS continued to climb. Through June 30, 2021, there have been 222 data theft reports this year from tax professionals to the IRS, outpacing the rate of 211 in 2020 and 124 in 2019. Each report can impact hundreds of taxpayers and threaten the tax professional's business.

"Boost Security Immunity: Fight Against Identity Theft" will urge tax professionals to take basic actions to stem the data theft from their offices. This is the sixth year that the Security Summit partners – the IRS, state tax agencies and the nation's tax community – have worked to raise awareness about these issues.

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