The Internal Revenue Service has launched an online application to help taxpayers with “straightforward balance inquiries.”
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Before accessing the tool, taxpayers must authenticate their IDs through a two-step authentication process, which means returning users must have their credentials (username and password) plus a security code sent as a text to their mobile phones.
Taxpayers who have registered to get a transcript online or an IP PIN may use their same username and password. To register for the first time, taxpayers must have an email address, a text-enabled mobile phone in the user’s name and specific financial information, such as a credit card number or specific loan numbers.
Taxpayers can