Overview
Senate Finance Committee Announces New Lead Tax Counsel: Today, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) announced that Victor Fleischer and Tiffany Smith will serve as co-lead minority tax counsel. Fleischer and Smith will replace Todd Metcalf, who recently announced his departure for PricewaterhouseCoopers.
IRS Adds Multi-Factor Authentication for Identity Protection PIN: Today, the IRS announced that it has added a multi-factor authentication process, such as through a code sent to a cell phone, to create an additional layer of security for the assignment of identity protection PIN numbers to taxpayers who were the victims of identity theft.