{"id":1870,"date":"2015-12-18T17:44:04","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T23:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taxprocenter.proconnect.intuit.com\/?p=1870"},"modified":"2019-03-06T08:54:11","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T14:54:11","slug":"regulatory-bodies-continue-protecting-taxpayer-from-identity-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accountants.intuit.com\/taxprocenter\/tax-law-and-news\/regulatory-bodies-continue-protecting-taxpayer-from-identity-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"Regulatory Bodies Continue Protecting Taxpayer From Identity Theft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the IRS has noted in prior articles (summarized below), identity theft and return fraud continue to be a high priority in the tax filing community. The good news is that the federal and state government taxing agencies and the tax software industry, including Intuit<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00ae<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, are taking many meaningful steps to help combat identity theft and refund fraud.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>IRS, state agencies and the tax industry work together to combat identity theft and refund fraud.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A joint effort between the public and private sectors has identified and tested more than 20 new data elements on tax return submissions. The IRS and state taxing agencies will share this information in an effort to help detect and identity theft and refund fraud. The tax software industry is also establishing enhanced identity authentication processes to help protect their customers\u2019 accounts from identity theft.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Security Summit kicked off in March and led to the establishment of several recommendations in June. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To date, 34 state departments of revenue and 20 tax industry members have signed letters of understanding regarding roles, responsibilities and information sharing, with more participants expected to sign later.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The collaborative effort has focused on the following areas:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Improved validation <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of taxpayer information included on tax return submissions;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Increased information sharing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to improve refund fraud detection and prevention; and<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>More sophisticated threat assessment and strategy development.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The groups have identified many new pieces of data that can be shared with the IRS and state agencies at the time the return is filed with the IRS and state agencies in order to authenticate taxpayers, and thus, improve refund fraud detection. The<\/span><b> more than 20 new data components<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will be submitted, along with the transmission of the return during the 2016 filing season (TY15 tax returns).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">User authentication will also be improved for taxpayers using tax software. Taxpayer accounts will be better protected with the use of stronger authentication, such as security questions at the time of login.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>IRS: Tax Professionals Should Check EFIN Status<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The IRS reminds tax preparers to review their Electronic Filing Identification Number (EFIN) status to make sure it\u2019s accurate and secure prior to the 2016 filing season. EFINs are issued by the IRS to Authorized IRS e-file Providers, and EFIN recipients must meet certain requirements, including background checks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Intuit: Protecting Customers Continues to be a Critical Priority<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intuit has been a key driver of tax software companies at the Security Summit by working with the IRS and each state&#8217;s Departments of Revenue to monitor and flag suspicious e-file activity. Intuit\u2019s Professional Tax Group has also recently instituted additional required validation of tax preparer identity. For the upcoming season, we are implementing some new measures to ensure our products, and our customers, continue to benefit from industry-leading anti-fraud measures. Constantly updating and improving our security is the new normal. While most of these changes are transparent to most customers, it is our role to minimize the impact for affected customers, and help them understand the importance of security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are leading the way by implementing new EFIN processes to prevent the misuse of customer EFINs and monitoring e-file activity to identify unusual patterns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MFA is now included in our Professional Tax products (ProSeries<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00ae<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Lacerte<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00ae<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, ITO, Link and Profile) and will help ensure account security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When our customers access their accounts for the first time or from a new device, the verification will take place in one of two ways:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A unique, one-time code will be sent to a customer&#8217;s pre-designated device to be used in combination with their password, or<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They can answer a series of security questions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once authenticated, customers sign into their account. MFA is one of many investments that we are making in our products to help safeguard our customers in the upcoming tax season and beyond.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the IRS has noted in prior articles (summarized below), identity theft and return fraud continue to be a high priority in the tax filing community. 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