The last thing many people want to do is take yet another extra step when it comes to doing their taxes. But the option to create an online account with the IRS could well be worth considering, ...

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After a year of delays, errors, staff shortages and all-around misery, the IRS wants to make it as easy as possible for taxpayers to manage their records and prepare their tax returns as filing season ...

(TNS) — The IRS will require users of its online portal to create an ID.me account starting this summer. Citing security blogger Brian Krebs, Business Insiderreported on a new message on the IRS ...

You’ll soon have to prove your identity to a Virginia-based security company called ID.me in order to file a return, check tax records, or make payments on the ...

After the publication of this story, on Feb. 7, the IRS announced it will “transition away” from and eventually no longer use “a third-party service for facial recognition” to authenticate new online ...

You will soon be required to provide a selfie to a third-party identity verification company to access certain tools and applications on IRS.gov. Starting in summer 2022, if you need to login to the ...

You can get account transcripts by creating an online account with the IRS. Tax filers first need an account with ID.me to access their online IRS account. The last thing many people want to do is ...