Security Issues

[TAXMAN]

Does anyone know what the new security issues will be in ATX 2016 returns? Another site says ATX put it in a blog but I can't find it.

[Lee B]

Copied from the ATX Blog:

 

IRS Security Summit announces 2017 initiatives that will affect you this tax season. One new requirement will require all individual tax software customers to update their security credentials to a minimum eight-character password and establish personal security questions. For ATX users, this means your passwords will be required to meet IRS-mandated complexity standards. We know that you value the security of your clients’ data and will be implementing these steps to help protect them. Be sure to look for more information about new security measures when ATX 2016 is released in November. You can also learn more about the new initiatives recently announced by the IRS on the ATX Blog.