{"id":4619,"date":"2013-05-22T19:43:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T19:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/unseen-tax-fraud-and-identity-theft\/"},"modified":"2013-05-22T19:43:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-22T19:43:00","slug":"unseen-tax-fraud-and-identity-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/insights\/unseen-tax-fraud-and-identity-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"Unseen Tax Fraud and Identity Theft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tax season is officially over and while some have already<br \/>\nhappily saved (or spent) their tax returns, others may not be so happy. The IRS<br \/>\nhas already released some of the numbers and scams from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.irs.gov\/uac\/Newsroom\/IRS-Releases-the-Dirty-Dozen-Tax-Scams-for-2013\" style=\"cursor: text;\">2013<br \/>\ntax season<\/a>, but what about those that have gone unseen? While the IRS has<br \/>\nmade an extreme effort to increase their fraud prevention measures this year,<br \/>\nthere are always a number of cases that slip through the cracks. Unfortunately<br \/>\nby this time, the damage is already done. While there is some hope that these<br \/>\nthieves will get caught, there is no guarantee that they will pay for their<br \/>\nactions.<br class=\"k-br\"><\/p>\n<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p>Tax season is Christmas time for online identity thieves<br \/>\nbecause more Americans are filing their taxes online each year. So how can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.electronicverificationsystems.com\/Resources\/Blog\/Protect-Yourself-From-Tax-Fraud.aspx\" style=\"cursor: text;\">identity<br \/>\ntheft be prevented<\/a> during this very vulnerable time? Some consumers may be<br \/>\nshocked to know that tax preparers are NOT liable for any crimes that are<br \/>\nfound. This is a very scary thought for consumers who utilize online tax filing<br \/>\nand for companies that provide this service because consumers may not return.<br \/>\nThese online companies would be wise to implement a stronger means of identity<br \/>\nverification and authentication in order to keep their customers happy and<br \/>\nmost importantly, loyal. Having zero liability should not be seen as a benefit<br \/>\nto these companies but as a shame. If<br \/>\nthese companies truly care about the safety of their reputation and consumers,<br \/>\nfraud prevention should be at the forefront of their values. Being able to add<br \/>\nlayered security to your site can save your company time and money. To learn<br \/>\nmore <a href=\"https:\/\/www.electronicverificationsystems.com\/contact-us.aspx\" style=\"cursor: text;\">contact<br \/>\nus<\/a> and start the conversation about safer online business.<br class=\"k-br\"><\/p>\n<p><br class=\"k-br\"><\/p>\n<p>[Contributed by EVS Marketing]<br class=\"k-br\"><\/p>\n<p><br class=\"k-br\"><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tax season is officially over and while some have already happily saved (or spent) their tax returns, others may not be so happy. The IRS has already released some of the numbers and scams from the 2013 tax season, but<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-identity-theft"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4619\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}