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 ...

A view of the IRS headquarters. (Photo by Karen Bleier/AFP via Getty Images) The Internal Revenue Service is working to expand its use of Login.gov as an authentication option for U.S. taxpayers. In a ...

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 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.

You will have to submit sensitive government documents, your Social Security number, credit history, and a face scan to ID.me, a third-party company. reading time 6 minutes Editor’s note: This article ...

SHREVEPORT, La. -- Tax season is here, and while you’re busy gathering receipts and crunching numbers, scammers are working overtime to steal your hard-earned money. According to the IRS, tax fraud ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. 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 ...