IRS Security Summit Warns Tax Professionals About Identity Theft, Data Breaches and Cybersecurity Threats

Week 5 of “Protect Your Clients; Protect Yourself” offers tools and advice to help protect sensitive data

Issue Number: IR-2026-111

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service and the Security Summit partners today urged tax professionals to stay vigilant against identity theft.

The IRS and Security Summit partners are reminding tax professionals and tax preparers to protect taxpayer data from identity theft, phishing scams, cyberattacks, data breaches and tax-related fraud. The agency recommends a Written Information Security Plan (WISP), multifactor authentication, Identity Protection PINs and immediate breach reporting procedures to help safeguard sensitive taxpayer information. Read more