IRS e_News for Small Business 2018-2: Protecting Sensitive Data; Reporting Tax Scams; Guidance on Withholding

 

e-News for Small Business January 31, 2018
Tax Resources for Small Businesses Small Business and Self-Employed One-Stop Resource Small Business Forms & Instructions Small Business Events Small Business Webinars e-File for Businesses and Self-Employed Businesses with Employees Small Business Products Self-Employed Individuals S Corporations Other Resources IRS.gov Find it Fast! All Forms and Instructions Filing Your Taxes Make a Payment Taxpayer Advocate Service Retirement Plans Tax Information for Charities and Other Non-Profits State Links SSA/IRS Reporter IRS Social Media	Issue Number:  2018-2 Inside This Issue Free Webinar: Protecting Sensitive Business and Customer Data Tax Scams — How to Report Them Guidance on Withholding   1.  Free Webinar: Protecting Sensitive Business and Customer Data A free webinar for small businesses: Protecting Sensitive Business and Customer Data: Practical Identity Safety Practices for Your Business is being offered:   Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018 – 1:00 p.m. ET 60 minutes   Speakers from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and IRS will talk about how identity thieves target small businesses to steal passwords, bank account information, Social Security numbers and more. You will learn the following: Protecting your customers, employees and business against ID theft Imposter scams targeting businesses Business cybersecurity practices Responding to a data breach To register, go to our webinar registration page. Problems registering? Contact us at SBSE.SL.Web.Conference.Team@irs.gov. This webinar is offered with closed captioning for viewers who are deaf or hard of hearing. Captions available in English only. Tax Professionals: No CE credit is being offered for attending this webinar. Presented by the Federal Trade Commission and the Internal Revenue Service. Other events offered by the FTC during Tax Identity Theft Awareness Week are listed on its consumer information page. Back to top   2.  Tax Scams — How to Report Them The IRS would like your help in identifying promoters of "too good to be true" abusive tax schemes, and tax preparers using illegal schemes to avoid paying taxes.   Use the Report Suspected Abusive Tax Promotions or Preparers form to make a referral to the IRS. Learn more about the role of the IRS Lead Development Center and its efforts to stop abusive tax schemes at IRS.gov/scams. Back to top   3.  Guidance on Withholding To help small businesses apply recent law changes to withholding, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service issued Notice 2018-14 and Publication 15, Employer's Tax Guide. These materials are designed to help employers and employees with a variety of withholding matters during and after the transition to new, reduced tax rates and updated withholding tables.  Back to top   Thank you for subscribing to this IRS e-mail service. This message was distributed automatically from the mailing list e-News For Small Businesses. Please Do Not Reply To This Message.

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