IRS Unencrypted E-Mail Use Puts Taxpayer Information at Risk

Nov. 17 — Internal Revenue Service employees sent hundreds of unencrypted e-mails containing sensitive taxpayer information, and some used personal e-mail accounts for official agency business, its watchdog said. Unprotected e-mails put taxpayers at risk of identity theft, or inappropriate disclosure of information about their identity and tax returns, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax…

Registration Now Open for 2017 Advance Monthly Payments of the Health Coverage Tax Credit

WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service has opened the new registration and enrollment process for qualified taxpayers to receive the benefit of the Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC) on an advance monthly basis during 2017. Eligible taxpayers can have 72.5 percent of their qualified health insurance premiums paid in advance directly to their health plan…