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.

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 ...

A view of the IRS building in Washington, D.C., on April 17, 2023. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images) The IRS’s identity-proofing program needs stronger oversight and better ...

EL PASO, TX (KFOX14/CBS4) — Tax ID scammers are on high alert with the start of the 2024 filing season kicking off. If you are among the nearly 130 million people expected to file a tax return over ...

The IRS flagged more than 1 million tax returns for potential identity theft during the 2023 tax season, according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, signaling that such fraud continues to be a ...

The IRS does not call you out of the blue and demand you pay up right now. The IRS does not text you about an issue with your taxes. The IRS doesn't email you asking you for your social security ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. Victims of identity theft had to wait over a year and a half on average for the IRS to resolve their cases and to get their tax refunds ...