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Tax Tip 2024-97, Dec. 17, 2024 — The IRS and its Security Summit partners recently held the ninth annual National Tax Security Awareness Week, an annual event that emphasizes the importance of protecting sensitive financial information from identity theft and tax scams, especially as the holidays and the 2025 tax season approach.

The IRS urges tax professionals to take use this off-season to review their security measures and offers the "Taxes-Security-Together Checklist" as a guide for basic security steps.

IR-2025-26, Feb. 27, 2025 — The Internal Revenue Service today announced its annual Dirty Dozen list of tax scams for 2025 with a warning for taxpayers, businesses and tax professionals to watch out for common schemes that threaten their tax and financial information.

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IR-2024-295, Nov. 21, 2024 — The Internal Revenue Service, working with the Security Summit partners, today announced a special awareness week focusing on taxpayers and tax professionals to protect sensitive financial information from identity thieves and tax scams as the holidays and the 2025 tax season approach.

Working together as the Security Summit, the IRS, state tax agencies and the nation's tax industry joined together for the 8th Annual National Tax Security Awareness Week on November 27-December 1, to urge increased security measures to protect against tax-related identity theft and scams.

IR-2022-209, November 30, 2022 — With tax season quickly approaching, the Internal Revenue Service and the Security Summit partners today urged tax professionals to remain focused on security issues and to review resources available to them, including sample security plans and checklists.

IR-2023-61, March 28, 2023 — The IRS today continued the Dirty Dozen series with a warning on day seven about trusting tax advice on social media that can lure otherwise honest taxpayers and tax professionals into compromising tax situations.

IR-2025-04, Jan. 8, 2025 — National Taxpayer Advocate Erin M. Collins today released her 2024 Annual Report to Congress, finding overall improvement in IRS taxpayer service but also highlighting persistent challenges, particularly delays in processing Employee Retention Credit (ERC) claims and resolving Identity Theft Victim Assistance cases.

IR-2023-71, April 5, 2023 — The Internal Revenue Service wrapped up the annual Dirty Dozen list of tax scams for 2023 with a reminder for taxpayers, businesses and tax professionals to watch out for these schemes throughout the year, not just during tax season.