Tax Professional Data Breaches and How Tax Pros Can Protect Themselves – ENGLISH

Target Audience: CPAs, EAs, Annual Filing Season Program Participants
Field of Study: Taxes (NASBA); Federal Tax Law (IRS)

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Note: the credit received from this seminar qualifies as continuing education that is required to obtain the voluntary AFSP – record of completion. However, this website does not offer the AFSP annual federal tax refresher (AFTR) course.

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DISCLAIMER: This Seminar was recorded on August 11th, 2022, and was a Virtual Online Event Due to COVID 19

Seminar/Program Level: Basic
Recommended Continuing Education Credit: 1

This course is also presented in Spanish.
This webinar focuses on recent spear-phishing scams targeting tax professionals during the 2022 filing season, including real-life examples of actual tax-related, spear-phishing emails.

At the conclusion of this webinar, you will be able to:

identify spear-phishing emails that target tax professionals report tax related spear-phishing scams
describe how to report tax related spear-phishing scams
list the actions to take to protect yourself from becoming a victim of a phishing scam and data breach
outline the process of reporting a tax professional data breach
list the signs of a possible data breach

No prerequisites or advanced preparation are required for this seminar.