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Issue Number:  2025-19

Inside This Issue

1. National Small Business Week: IRS warns small businesses and taxpayers to be wary of scams
2. IRS Nationwide Tax Forum: The benefits of attending
3. IRS offers two secure tools to streamline communication
4. News from the Justice Department’s Tax Division
5. Technical Guidance

1.  National Small Business Week: IRS warns small businesses and taxpayers to be wary of scams

As the IRS celebrates National Small Business Week, it reminds taxpayers and small businesses that, despite the tax season deadline, it is crucial to stay vigilant against scams and fraud year-round. The IRS delivered its annual Dirty Dozen list that shares some persuasive schemes impacting businesses, including new client scams, spear phishing, fake charities, bad social media advice and false credit claims. Small business owners are strongly encouraged to learn as much as possible about cybersecurity best practices, even when day-to-day information technology protection is outsourced. See Publication 5961, Protect your business from tax scams, and IRS.gov/scams for more information.

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2.  IRS Nationwide Tax Forum: The benefits of attending

What do you get when you attend the IRS Nationwide Tax Forum? The tax forum registration fee includes all conference activities including seminars, exhibits and special events as well as the welcome reception on Tuesday and the networking reception on Wednesday. Registered attendees have full access to:

• Up to 18 continuing education credits from a variety of seminars from the IRS and its association partners. The conference agenda will be available by early June.
• The Digital Account Services Room, which returns after a successful first year to assist practitioners with tax pro account authentication, PTIN issues and more.
• The Exhibit Hall, for information on tax products and services that can help you and your business.
• Special bonus sessions on practice management and a scams & schemes panel discussion.

Register now and take advantage of the Early Bird rate (available until 5 p.m. June 10). Attendees who register early will have their badges mailed to them prior to the forum.

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3.  IRS offers two secure tools to streamline communication

Tax pros: The IRS is pleased to present two important resources that will improve the security, effectiveness and convenience of your interactions. Communication is made easier with the use of Secure Messaging and the Document Upload Tool (DUT).

• Document Upload Tool (DUT): For one-time document submissions. No account registration needed; use an access code received directly from an assigned IRS employee.
• Secure Messaging: For ongoing, two-way communication and document sharing. Requires invitation and authentication.

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4.  News from the Justice Department’s Tax Division

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida filed a civil injunction suit against tax return preparer Sunil Ramchandani and his business. The court seeks to bar him from owning a tax preparation business. In addition, Ramchandani was prohibited by the court from transmitting his client lists or helping anyone prepare federal income tax filings. By repeatedly understating his customers’ tax liabilities, the complaint alleges that the United States has been harmed by Ramchandani conduct, resulting in the significant loss in tax revenue of more than $10 million in 2022 and 2023 alone.

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5.  Technical Guidance

Rev. Proc. 2025-21 modifies section 12.02 of Rev. Proc. 2024-32 to provide immediate relief for certain plan sponsors by narrowing the category of plan sponsors required to request approval of new plan-specific substitute mortality tables. 

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