The information you provide to your tax preparer is as sensitive as it gets. The assumption is that the tax preparation company is only using your data to prepare your taxes. In an enforcement action against Beneficial Corp., the FTC alleged that the company was engaged in unfair and deceptive practices by “using information collected
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Privacy Tip #51 – Check Up on Your Tax Preparer’s Data Security Measures
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Privacy Tips
We have written before about the ability of hackers to file false tax returns to get fraudulent refunds by using the IRS website, and how hundreds of thousands of Americans have become victims of tax fraud.
The IRS issued a statement last week warning tax preparers to be on the alert for hackings that allow…