Taxpayers who are eligible to use the free online tax filing pilot run by the IRS this filing season will be required to authenticate their identity using ID.me, the agency said in a column from the “direct file team” Wednesday.
Taxpayers may choose to verify their identity via live chat from the outset, bypassing automated biometric collection, the column said.
ID.me is the only provider the IRS can use that meets the standards set by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The IRS already uses ID.me for its Online Account and Get Transcript Online tools.
The agency ...
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