Author Question: What are the security features available in Excel? How can these features help the legal team avoid ... (Read 212 times)

j.rubin · **on:** Aug 3, 2018

What are the security features available in Excel? How can these features help the legal team avoid ethical problems with sensitive information?

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Question 2

What types of cases are decided in the U.S. Tax Court?

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joanwhite · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 3, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Most applications, such as Excel, can be password-controlled for security. As with other Office programs, a number of security options are offered, including inspections of the document for hidden metadata, as well as the ability to encrypt the file with a password, or to restrict the ability to change or edit a document.

Answer to Question 2

The U.S. Tax Court is a federal court that hears appeals by taxpayers from adverse IRS decisions about tax deficiencies. If the taxpayer has not paid the tax, then the appropriate forum is the U.S. Tax Court. In this forum, there is no right to a jury trial. The judges have more tax expertise and sophistication due to the specialized nature of the court. When the IRS and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue determines that a taxpayer owes money or has a tax deficiency, the taxpayer may dispute the deficiency in the U.S. Tax Court before paying any disputed amount.