Cybercriminals are targeting a new group lately: tax preparers. Cybercrime has become serious business in the past few years as new, more sophisticated scams crop up. Cybercriminals have realized – why target one tax payer when you can breach an entire tax office or single tax preparer and hundreds of taxpayer identities? Be wary of […]
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IRS Don’t Take the Bait Recap
Have you been following the IRS Don’t Take the Bait series? This 10-part education series was part of the IRS Security Summit effort. Data breaches and scams have been steadily increasing and are getting more and more sophisticated. The purpose of the series is to raise awareness of this and educate tax preparers on security […]
Adaptive learning: Surgent CPA Review’s ‘secret sauce’
My name is Brandon Vagner, CPA, PhD, former KPMG Manager, and founder of CPA Exam Success and Test Prep Store. I’ve professionally reviewed and analyzed many high quality review courses all the way from GMAT prep courses to CPA review courses. When you boil it down and look at all the factors, what matters most […]
IRS Nationwide Tax Forum Recap
Our team had such a great time this year attending the IRS Nationwide Tax Forums! We were in Orlando, Las Vegas, Dallas, National Harbor, and San Diego meeting with tax preparers and talking about tax education. We love meeting new people, answering questions, and reconnecting with our “Road Family” – people we see year after […]