IRS, IR-2018-245, December 7, 2018 Español

WASHINGTON — Cybercriminals stepped up their attacks on tax professionals during 2018, prompting the Internal Revenue Service and the Security Summit partners to urge practitioners to take steps to protect client data and their computer networks from these threats.

The IRS also reminded all professional tax preparers that they are required by federal law to create and maintain a written data security plan. Sole practitioners are just as vulnerable to data theft as practitioners in large firms. Read more.