Tax Tips for August 2021

Tax Tip 2021-116, August 10, 2021 — The IRS and its Security Summit partners recently kicked off their annual summer campaign. This year's theme, Boost Security Immunity: Fight Against Identity Theft, urges tax pros to step up their efforts to protect client data. An IP PIN is a valuable tool that can help in this effort and it is now available to anyone who can verify their identity.

Financial safety: The often forgotten piece of disaster preparedness

Tax Tip 2021-115, August 9, 2021

Extension filers: IRS Free File, other resources available until Oct. 15 for 2020 tax returns

COVID Tax Tip 2021-114, August 5, 2021

Multi-factor authentication is essential to protecting against data theft

Tax Tip 2021-113, August 4, 2021

Taxpayer Bill of Rights: The ten rights of every taxpayer

Tax Tip 2021-112, August 3, 2021

Excise tax filers should give e-file a try

Tax Tip 2021-111, August 2, 2021

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Taxpayers should review disaster resources on IRS.gov now in case they need help later

Low-income families still have time to sign up for advance Child Tax Credit payments

Tax pros: Beware of pandemic-related email schemes

Here’s how taxpayers can rebuild records after a natural disaster

Taxpayers can protect themselves from scammers by knowing how the IRS communicates

Important additional guidance for employers claiming the employee retention credit

Truckers must pay heavy highway vehicle use tax by August 31

Retirement and taxes: Understanding IRAs

Here’s how tax pros can help clients battle unemployment related identity theft

What people should and should not do if they get mail from the IRS

What taxpayers need to know about making 2021 estimated tax payments

Common questions about the advance Child Tax Credit payments

Tax security tip: Get an IP PIN to help stop identity thieves