The Internal Revenue Service, state tax agencies, and the tax industry -- working together as the Security Summit -- urge practitioners to immediately report data losses.
"The IRS, the states and the nation’s tax community continue to make progress in the battle against tax-related identity theft," IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said in a statement today. "But we need the help of tax professionals across the country to help strengthen this effort. In addition to working to ensure the safety of their systems, practitioners should promptly report identity theft or data breaches to help protect their clients," he said.
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