December 2 - December 6, 2019 The IRS, State Tax Agencies and the Tax Industry announced the 4th Annual National Tax Security Awareness Week, that will take place between December 2 and December 6, to again urge individual taxpayers, businesses and tax professionals to enhance their online security as identity thieves step up their efforts to steal personal and financial data ahead of the 2020 tax filing season. News releases IR-2019-200, National Tax Security Awareness Week, Day 5: Tax professionals need data protection plans; must guard against identity theft IR-2019-198, National Tax Security Awareness Week, Day 4: IRS, Security Summit warns business owners about being targets for identity thieves IR-2019-196, National Tax Security Awareness Week, Day 3: Creating strong passwords can protect taxpayers from identity theft IR-2019-195, National Tax Security Awareness Week, Day 2: Don’t take the bait: Recognize, avoid phishing scams from identity thieves IR-2019-192, National Tax Security Awareness Week begins; IRS and Security Summit partner offer Cyber Monday shopping tips to protect computers, mobile phones IR-2019-185, Security Summit marks 4th National Tax Security Awareness Week; IRS announces new dates and partner toolkit to highlight identity theft precautions Follow us on Twitter Follow @IRSnews on Twitter and look for the hashtag #TaxSecurity. Join the Twitter Chat on Thursday, December 5. Audio/Visual YouTube videos Avoid Phishing Emails – English | Spanish | ASL (obsolete) Easy Steps to Protect Your Computer and Phone – English | Spanish | ASL IRS Commissioner Urges Taxpayers to Protect Their Data – English Radio PSAs Computer Security (Taxes. Security. Together.) MP3 More information Security Summit Taxes. Security. Together. Protect Your Clients; Protect Yourself Don't Take the Bait Tax Security 101