Client Relationships Make Your Clients Aware: W-2 Email Scam Resurfaces Read the Article Open Share Drawer Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Written by Intuit Accountants Team Modified Oct 17, 2017 0 min read The W-2 email scam that threatened the nation last year has resurfaced, according to the IRS. Just last year, cybercriminals posed as corporate officers to lure payroll and human resource staff into providing them with employee names, Social Security numbers (SSNs) and income information, which they would then use to try to file fraudulent tax returns for tax refunds. We encourage you to advise your clients to carefully look at any strange requests or behavior from sources who ask for Forms W-2 or SSNs. For more information, read the full IRS bulletin. Previous Post Tech Tools to be More (or Sometimes Less) Connected to… Next Post Helping Your Self-Employed and On-Demand Clients Implement a Great Financial… Written by Intuit Accountants Team The Intuit® Accountants team provides ProConnect™ Tax, Lacerte® Tax, ProSeries® Tax, and add-on software and services to enable workflow for its customers. Visit us at https://proconnect.intuit.com, or follow us on Twitter @IntuitAccts. More from Intuit Accountants Team Comments are closed. Browse Related Articles Tax Law and News How to Avoid the W-2 Email Scam Client Relationships Help Your Clients Handle Identity Theft Client Relationships Help your clients battle identity theft risk related to… Tax Law and News IRS Warns of “Tax Transcript” Email Scam With Dange… Tax Law and News IRS Summit Partners Warn Tax Pros to be on Alert and St… Tax Law and News IRS Releases More Details About Latest Taxpayer Scam Tax Law and News Latest Taxpayer Scam Involves Bogus Certified Letters Tax Law and News IRS Continues to Warn Tax Pros and Taxpayers About New … Tax Law and News Tax Professionals Warned of New Scam to “Unlock” Th… Tax Law and News New Scam Involves IRS e-Services User Agreements
