Conclusion of a special summer education campaign outlines steps tax professionals can take to help clients from becoming statistics in identity-theft related tax-fraud scams, the IRS announced. The “Protect Your Clients; Protect Yourself” campaign is an effort to urge tax professionals to secure their computer systems and protect client data following the pandemic and its aftermath, the IRS provided. Given the increased work from home environment tax professionals are urged to use virtual private networks, or VPNs, to securely conduct business, the IRS added. Eight specific tips are included as safeguards. [IR-2022-151 (Aug. 16, 2022)]
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