Practice Management Above the Forms: Intuit Implements New Security to Fight EFIN Fraud 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 CeCe Morken Modified Oct 17, 2017 1 min read As tax professionals, you know all too well that tax fraud is an evolving threat, not only to your clients, but to the tax community as well. The incidents of fraud have risen steeply in recent years; Intuit® is committed to ensuring taxpayers and tax professionals are protected. This continues to be a top priority for us, and as the threat of fraud evolves, so do we. This includes rigorously monitoring our systems to detect suspicious activity. Working together with state agencies, we recently identified a new pattern of suspicious activity where fraudsters are using EFINs that we believe are registered to other IRS-authorized preparers. In response to this new pattern of suspicious activity, we recently implemented a new security measure to: Aggressively monitor EFIN patterns to help us more proactively prevent the systematic misuse of EFINs. Require additional validation of tax preparer identity before efiling. While we realize the additional validation requires you to take an extra important step as part of the efiling process, we feel is it critical to ensuring you are protected. In fact, we will continue to do all we can to ensure that our products, your information and your clients’ information are safeguarded at all times. This includes reporting all suspicious patterns and activity, and also working closely with the IRS, states and industry to facilitate additional, industry-wide standards and solutions. It also means partnering with you to mitigate risk for both you and your clients. Stay tuned for more updates and know that we remain vigilant year round in implementing additional security measures to keep fraudsters on their heels, and you, and your clients, protected. CeCe Previous Post 2015 IRS Nationwide Tax Forum Online Seminars Now Available Next Post Tax Pro Q&A: Getting Clients Ready for Tax Season Written by CeCe Morken CeCe Morken is executive vice president and general manager of Intuit® ProConnect™. In this role, she leads the team responsible for working directly with the accountants who use ProConnect Tax Online, Lacerte®, ProSeries® and related solutions to prepare clients' taxes. Follow CeCe on Twitter @cgmorken. More from CeCe Morken Comments are closed. Browse Related Articles Practice Management Above the Forms: IRS Security Summit Tax Law and News Above the Forms: Expanded Security for Tax Professional… Intuit® Accountants News Above the Forms: Enhanced Security Efforts Benefit Acco… Tax Law and News Make Your Clients Aware of Last-Minute Phishing Email S… Tax Law and News Regulatory Bodies Continue Protecting Taxpayer From Ide… Tax Law and News Tax Return Preparer Fraud Ranks High on 2018 IRS Dirty … Tax Law and News IRS Warns Tax Pros About Cyber Threats Tax Law and News IRS Warns Tax Pros Not to “Take the Bait” Practice Management Above the Forms: Safeguarding Tax Professionals and The… Tax Law and News Tax Professionals Warned of New Scam to “Unlock” Th…