Additional protections for tax professionals are being provided to increase security for the Centralized Authorization File (CAF) program and placed new guidelines on requesting client transcripts by phone, the IRS announced. The IRS has become increasingly concerned about the risk a compromised CAF number presents to tax professionals and taxpayers, the IRS stated. [IR-2024-136 (May 8, 2024)]
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