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QuickAlerts for Tax Professionals March 13, 2019

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Subject: Publications 1345 has been revised The Publication 1345 "Handbook for Authorized IRS e-file Providers of Individual Income Tax Returns" has been updated. This edition of Publication 1345 replaces the previous edition revised April 2018. This publication continues to address only the rules and requirements for participation in IRS e-file by Authorized IRS e-file Providers (Providers) filing individual income tax returns and related forms and schedules. Some of the changes are: The IRS has seen a steep upswing in the number of reported thefts of taxpayer data from tax practitioner offices. This edition of Publication 1345 includes additional information about Providers' duties to keep taxpayer data safe. See Safeguarding IRS e-file. A section was added, "Disposal of Taxpayer Information" which indicates procedures to follow to destroy this documentation after the required retention period. A section was added under Transmission, "Reporting of Potential Identity Theft Refund Fraud Activity" that requires providers that transmit more than 2,000 returns to provide certain information regarding fraud schemes to the IRS. Note: Publications 1345, 3112 and 4557 are only available in a downloadable PDF format.  Back to Top Thank you for subscribing to QuickAlerts for Tax Professionals, an IRS e-mail service. If you have an idea or a question related to QuickAlerts you can contact us by e-mail. Submissions which are not related to QuickAlerts will not be processed. If you have tax related questions you should pursue normal customer service channels provided on IRS.gov. If you know someone who might want to subscribe to this mailing list, please forward this message to them so they can subscribe. This message was distributed automatically. Please Do Not Reply To This Message.

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