The Internal Revenue Service has faced challenges in transitioning the system it uses for authenticating the identities of taxpayers and tax professionals to a system more widely used in the federal ...
The coming IRS direct file pilot, which will allow taxpayers in certain states to file their taxes directly to the government, will require participants to verify their identity via ID.me, according ...
A trio of Democrats on Capitol Hill think that the IRS requirements for identity verification in the Direct File program “created serious access barriers” to filing taxes using the service. Sens.
It's Identity Theft Awareness Week. To help Wisconsin consumers and taxpayers protect themselves from identity theft, the ...
The IRS could soon require anyone logging into IRS.gov to use ID.me to verify their identity. Privacy experts and civil-rights advocates worry ID.me will share its ...
The IRS crackdown on what appears to be extensive fraud involving key but obscure tax credits remains ongoing. And taxpayers who receive notices that they need to verify their identity must pay ...
A view of the IRS headquarters. (Photo by Karen Bleier/AFP via Getty Images) The Internal Revenue Service is working to expand its use of Login.gov as an authentication option for U.S. taxpayers. In a ...
Signs inside the 18F headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Tajha Chappellet-Lanier / FedScoop) Individuals will soon be able to verify their identities using their passports on the General Services ...