2026 Keeping Taxpayer Data Secure

Description

EAs and Other Tax Preparers, after passing the exam you MUST click on the link “GET YOUR CERTIFICATE” to have your hours reported to the IRS. 

The annual global cost of cybercrime is high and getting higher all the time. In fact, cyber criminals reap a windfall from their activities that is estimated to have been $450 billion in 2015 and is anticipated to climb to an annual range between $11.9 trillion  and over $20 trillion by 2026. In the United States alone, the FBI received reports  over 859,000 cybercrime complaints involving $16.6 billion in 2024.  Almost all of that cybercrime began with—and continues to start with—a social engineering concept known as “phishing.”
Certain business organizations, among which are those referred to as “financial institutions,” are charged by the FTC with taking particular steps to protect their customers’ financial information. Included in the category of financial institutions are professional tax preparers. Professional tax preparers normally maintain a significant amount of taxpayer information in various files—electronic and paper—that would be a treasure trove for cyber criminals.
In this course, tax preparers are introduced to the problem of cybercrime and its costs, offered methods that can be expected to reduce the chances of becoming a cybercrime victim, and informed of proper steps to take if they do become victims of cybercrime.

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
•    Recognize the pervasiveness of cybercrime;
•    Identify the potential costs of experiencing a data breach;
•    Understand the best practices that may be implemented to protect a tax preparer from cybercrime; and
•    List the responsibilities of a tax preparer who has experienced a taxpayer data breach.

To complete this course participants need to: Read the material provided and answer chapter review questions, successfully complete the qualified assessment with a minimum of 70% accuracy to receive your certificate. Clicking on the Certificate link will show the course as 100% Complete

A course evaluation form is provided for your feedback and participants have 1 year from the date of purchase/enrollment to complete this course. .

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