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News/Cyber & AI/IRS Resists GAO Recommendation to Improve Cybersecurity of Tax Preparers
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IRS Resists GAO Recommendation to Improve Cybersecurity of Tax Preparers

For two years, the Government Accountability Office has recommended that the Internal Revenue Service require better data security from third-party tax preparers, but the IRS says that even though it would like to, it doesn't have the statutory authority.

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