Hackers Don't Take Tax Season Off

IRS Stakeholder Liaison Glenn Gizzi returns with a sobering mid-tax-season update: data breaches affecting tax practitioners are already outpacing 2024, with over 206,000 taxpayers potentially compromised — and that's only what's been reported. Roger and Annie dig into why so many breaches go unreported, what a paper return filing means for a client's refund timeline (hint: think late 2027), and why getting every client an IP PIN before the next deadline isn't optional anymore.

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Chapters

(00:00) - Tax Season Check In

(00:43) - Why Pros Are Targets

(03:14) - Breach Stats Rising

(05:01) - Reporting And Fallout

(06:14) - Paper Return Backlog

(09:31) - IP PIN For Everyone