November 30 - December 4, 2020 The IRS, state tax agencies and the nation's tax industry will hold the 5th Annual National Tax Security Awareness Week on November 30 - December 4, to urge increased security measures as fraudsters exploit COVID-19 concerns. News Releases IR-2020-271, National Tax Security Awareness Week, Day 5: Security Summit alerts tax professionals to potential telework scams during COVID-19, urges all practitioners to use multi-factor authentication IR-2020-268, National Tax Security Awareness Week, Day 4: Security Summit urges businesses to tighten security, offers new protections against identity theft IR-2020-267, National Tax Security Awareness Week, Day 3: IRS expands Identity Protection PIN Opt-In Program to taxpayers nationwide IR-2020-266, IRS National Tax Security Awareness Week, Day 2: 2021 online tax preparation products to offer multi-factor authentication for taxpayers, tax pros IR-2020-265, National Tax Security Awareness Week opens with warnings to all taxpayers and tax professionals as holidays, 2021 tax season approach IR-2020-259, Security Summit partners announce National Tax Security Awareness Week dates; urge increased security measures as fraudsters exploit COVID-19 concerns Tax Tips Tax Tip 2020-169, All tax prep software will offer multi-factor authentication beginning in 2021 COVID Tax Tip 2020-167, IRS warns people about a COVID-related text message scam Tax Tip 2020-166, Highlights from the 2020 National Tax Security Awareness Week e-Posters Publication 5461, Security Summit - Protect personal and financial information online PDF Publication 5461-A, Security Summit - Use multi-factor authentication PDF Publication 5461-B, Security Summit - Get an Identity Protection PIN PDF Publication 5461-C, Security Summit - Businesses at risk for identity thief PDF Publication 5461-D, Security Summit - Tax professionals should review their safeguards PDF Follow us on Twitter Follow @IRSnews on Twitter and look for the hashtag #TaxSecurity. 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
