A sign is seen at the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building after it was reported the IRS will lay off about 6,700 employees, a restructuring that could strain the tax-collecting agency's ...

The IRS’ user experience services office submitted its “2029+” modernization plans to the Treasury Department in May, but it's yet to be implemented.

The IRS noted that while the e-Services applications won’t use ID.me until this summer, tax professionals can get ready for the migration and set up an ID.me account now using Tax Pro Account. The ...

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 tax agency is in the hot seat with Congress and privacy advocates because it's asking citizens for a selfie to verify their identity with a private-sector service to file taxes online, but why ...

Eight private-sector partners will provide online guided tax software products this year to any taxpayer with an Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) of $79,000 or less in 2023, according to irs.gov.

In February, the IRS announced it would offer options other than facial recognition and would work to add the General Services Administration's Login.gov service after the 2022 tax filing season.

The tax agency is modifying its use of the ID.me identity proofing service for the current tax season, but plans to switch to the federal government's homegrown solution after the 2022 filing ...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced that the "Get Transcript" tool is back online with a more rigorous e-authentication process. The process, according to IRS, will significantly ...

Some involved using people's personal cell phones as an identity token, but those methods left people without cell phones in limbo. The IRS considered using Login.gov, said McTigue.