Don’t let scammers ruin holiday gift card giving Tax Tip 2024-91, Dec. 3, 2024 — Taxpayers should watch out for gift card scams especially during the holiday season. The IRS never asks for or accepts gift cards as payment for a tax bill. Tax pros: Multifactor authentication is key to protecting client data Tax Tip 2024-90, Dec. 2, 2024 — The IRS and the Security Summit partners remind tax professionals that multifactor authentication is more than an important protection for their businesses and their clients – it’s now a federal requirement. Tax tip archive IRS tax tips from January 2011 forward.