ABC 10 News – 11/30/2017 – For National Tax Security Awareness Week, Intuit Tax and Financial Center’s David Williams joins officials from the IRS, FBI, and BBB to encourage taxpayers to beware of scams and protect their tax data and identities.
October is National Cybersecurity Month with good reason. Over the past few years, cybersecurity threats have continued to escalate. No longer just the domain of isolated hackers, large-scale cybersecurity attacks can be perpetrated by domestic criminal and hostile international agents alike. Just last week, a widespread distributed denial of service attack disrupted major websites across…
Over the next few months, approximately 150 million Americans will complete and file state and federal tax returns. For most families, this is a time to take stock of their finances, pay off some debts or put aside a portion of their refund for savings or future expenses. For others, it’s a chance to travel…
Cyberfraud. It’s quickly becoming the watchword of this tax filing season. Several weeks ago we saw an increasing number of attempts by cybercriminals to use stolen identities to file fraudulent state income tax returns. Seeing this increase in suspicious filings, we took swift action to secure these returns and, working in consultation with the states,…
