The IRS and the Security Summit renewed warnings to tax professionals to stay informed of new and evolving schemes aimed at stealing business and taxpayer information.
The IRS warned that identity thieves take numerous approaches to steal sensitive information from tax professionals, including phishing, spear phishing, whaling and social media scams.
Common schemes include the so-called “Zero Tax” program, in which fraudulent callers promise to erase tax debt for people who owe back taxes.
Scammers are also known to use artificial intelligence to create fake IRS letters to send to potential identity theft victims. Learn more about these scams.