The IRS has announced that it will switch to government-run authentication service Login.gov as a verification provider for taxpayers, although ID.me’s human video review service will still be ...

The IRS.gov site also features specific resources for active military and veterans, charities and nonprofits, businesses, parents, international taxpayers, retired taxpayers, students, and the ...

These days, many taxpayers are likely to do their own research online, and that's where IRS.gov should come in. The IRS website is actually quite good, with a wealth of material on it.

But the Login.gov option never came online at the IRS, and the tax agency eventually clawed back all but $240,000 of a $22.6 million contract to use the digital identity service.

The Internal Revenue Service has a new Direct File pilot program for the 2024 tax season that allows users in certain states to file taxes directly and for free at directfile.irs.gov.

The IRS considered using Login.gov, said McTigue. "My understanding is they went with ID.me in part because at the time, Login.gov did not provide a high enough level of assurance for this type of ...

The IRS is making progress in moving its use of Login.gov toward compliance with federal standards, but the tax agency has more security improvements to implement around its expanded use of the single ...

The Internal Revenue Service has committed to Login.gov as a user authentication tool after earlier this month saying it would abandon the use of a commercial tool that featured third-party facial ...

The Internal Revenue Service is working to expand its use of Login.gov as an authentication option for U.S. taxpayers. In a joint statement, the agency and the General Services Administration said ...