How to protect your private tax data:
March 6th 2019
Summary:
Are you digitally aware? Do you have an active strategy to protect your digital information? You should protect your personal and financial data from criminals. Thieves use your data to file bogus tax returns and commit crimes while impersonating you.
You should protect your personal and financial data from criminals. Thieves use your data to file bogus tax returns and commit crimes while impersonating you.
Follow these steps to protect yourself and your data.
Keep a secure computer.
- Don’t leave personal information; lying around.
- Give personal information only over encrypted and trusted websites.
- Use strong passwords and protect them.
Avoid phishing and malware.
- Verify contact information about companies or agencies by going directly to their website.
- Think twice before opening email attachments.
- Don’t automatically download attachments.
- Download and install software only from known and trusted websites.
Protect personal information.
- Forward IRS-related scam emails to phishing@irs.gov.
- Report IRS impersonation telephone calls at www.tigta.gov.
The mission of the IRS is to provide America's taxpayers top quality service by helping them understand and meet their tax responsibilities and enforce the law with integrity and fairness to all.
This mission statement describes our role and the public’s expectation about how we should perform that role.
- In the United States, the Congress passes tax laws and requires taxpayers to comply.
- The taxpayer’s role is to understand and meet his or her tax obligations.
- The IRS role is to help the large majority of compliant taxpayers with the tax law, while ensuring that the minority who are unwilling to comply pay their fair share.
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Internal Revenue Service 1111 Constitution Ave., NW Washington, DC 20224
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