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Susan B. Anders, PhD, CPA/CGMA
The Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division's Annual Report for 2020 (Pub 3583: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p3583.pdf) emphasized coronavirus (COVID-19)-related tax fraud and cybercrimes, along with its more typical investigative activities. The pandemic was also the breeding ground for several of the schemes identified in this year's IRS Dirty Dozen list of tax scams for 2020 (IR-2020-160). New York CPAs participating in the Annual Tax Software Survey for 2020 (see page 30) reported an increase in cybersecurity attacks during the extended tax season, potentially due to shifting to a work-at-home environment. Survey respondents indicated their receipt of phishing or malware e-mails was running at about the same level as last year. There was a slight improvement reported in the occurrence of client identity theft issues, which fortunately appear to be on a (slow) decline.
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