Who We Are

We are “Reed Tax & Accounting” also referenced as “Reedtax” or simply “RTA”. We are a tax preparation, payroll and financial services company.

What Personal Data We Collect & Why We Collect It

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact Forms

The information collected in contact form is for the express use of RTA employees or NikoVash Empire, LLC contractors to contact you with services or support only.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded Content From Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

We collect data related to use of reedtax.com & reedtax.net use for the express use of site optimization only, we typically keep this data indefinitely for in house use only with our contracted wed administration provider NikoVash Empire, LLC. Neither company makes this data public or sells, shares or otherwise distributes this data to any other parties.

Who We Share Your Data With

Only employees and members of Reed Tax & Accounting, LLC and the NikoVash Empire have access to this data for the express use of services, support and maintenance of the websites Reedtax.com & Reedtax.net. We do not otherwise share, use or sell your data with any other agencies or organizations.

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

For users of our cloud services we only retain the data you give that site, once that data is deleted by the end user or your service representative and the eventual backup is purged (normally biannually) the data is gone. Except in the event of personal data relating to the login credentials. All data on the cloud service site is double encrypted, and your account can be permanently closed, purged or reset per your request to [email protected] at anytime. We do not store password data for this site ever.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account on this site (reedtax.com or reedtax.net), or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where We Send Your Data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service, or personally moderated by an authorized support staff from the NikoVash Empire, LLC.

How We Protect Your Data

In terms of your digital data, the web-host collects only your IPv4 number for analytics, this data is protected and secured by the Nikovash Empire, LLC. Our Cloud Server data is protected by two separate RSA 2048 bit encryption modules that are secured offline by the NikoVash Empire, LLC.

What Data-Breach Procedures We Have In Place

A standard Deadman protocol was put into practice March 15, 2015, where known attempted hack, illicit scan, or unauthorized penetration would shut down the cloud host from all remote connections until outside access is restored locally. This is digitally monitored 24/7, and regular log data is personally read over for compliance.

Should any data ever be exposed the account(s) in question would be notified ASAP and the data from that account wiped (permanently lost) immediately (from both live server & backups) until new credentials have been provided and authenticated by the user.

What Third-Parties We Receive Data From

Google.com for analytics, FaceBook for analytics and NikoVash Empire, LLC for digital security and technical support and services.

Your Tax Information is Confidential

Tax returns and tax return information are confidential and may not be disclosed to federal or state agencies, or to federal or state employees, or to any third party, except as provided by law. Disclosure of tax return information to federal or state agencies or employees is governed by Internal Revenue Code Section 6103.

A tax professional or tax return preparer who uses information from a tax return for any purpose other than to prepare a tax return, or who makes an unauthorized disclosure of return information, is subject to a $250 penalty for each disclosure, up to a maximum penalty of $10,000. If the action is undertaken knowingly or recklessly, the preparer may be subject to criminal penalties or fine up to $1,000, or up to a year in jail, or both, together with the cost of prosecution as provided for by the Internal Revenue Code Sections 6713 and 7216.

Confidential tax return information includes the following elements: the taxpayer’s identity, the nature, source or amount of income, payments, receipts, deductions, net worth, tax liability, deficiencies, closing agreements, and information regarding actual or possible investigation of a return.

Types of Nonpublic Personal Information We Collect

We collect nonpublic personal information about you that is provided to us by you or obtained by us with your authorization for the express use of goods and our services only.

Parties to Whom We Disclose Information

For current and former clients, we do not disclose any nonpublic personal information obtained in the course of our practice except as required or permitted by law. Permitted disclosure includes providing information to our employees.

Protecting the Confidentiality and Security of Current and Former Clients' Information

We retain records relating to professional services that we provide so that we are better able to assist you with your professional needs and to comply with federal and state laws regarding retaining tax returns. In order to guard your nonpublic personal information, we maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards.

We do not share any of your confidential tax return information with any third-party. A third-party is any person or company other than you, the client. That means we cannot disclose your identity, income, net worth, tax liabilities, or other protected information to the Internal Revenue Service, state tax authorities, unmarried partners, friends, relatives, real estate agents, mortgage brokers, banks, or any other person or company without your explicit authorization.

How to Authorize Disclosure

You may authorize us to disclose certain tax return information to third parties of your choice. Your permission must be obtained before your tax return is signed. Please talk to us about your desires for sharing your tax information with third parties and we will advise you of the proper procedure.

We do not sell your personal information to other companies for their independent marketing purposes!

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