IRS approved tax preparers fail to protect consumers’ privacy and IRS increases the number of individuals affected by filing of fraudulent tax returns

By Linn Foster Freedman on March 2, 2016

In a report of an audit of 13 IRS approved tax filing firms, Online Trust Alliance found that six of the 13 firms do not provide adequate security against cyberintrusions.

The firms, all members of the IRS’s Free File Alliance, provide free tax preparation and e-filing of approximately 100 million federal tax returns. According to…

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IRS approved tax preparers fail to protect consumers’ privacy and IRS increases the number of individuals affected by filing of fraudulent tax returns

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