Identity verification

The Internal Revenue Service backtracked from a plan to use facial recognition software from a third-party company for taxpayer authentication.

Senate Finance chair Ron Wyden weighed in on the use of third-party facial recognition software ID.me in a letter to Commissioner Rettig.

Republicans in Congress have written the service questioning the use of ID.me, and introduced a bill that would ban the practice.

The department is reconsidering the IRS’s reliance on facial recognition software ID.me for access to its website.

The dervice is urging people to use the information in their online taxpayer accounts for the most up-to-date figures on the amount of the advance CTC.

The Internal Revenue Service has implemented a new verification process for taxpayers who want to access their online tax accounts and self-help tools that includes taking a selfie and submitting a photo of their driver’s license or passport to a third-party service, ID.me.

The Internal Revenue Service is strengthening the identity verification and sign-in process for its online self-help tools after a number of high-profile data breaches.

The Internal Revenue Service should be doing more to protect the security of tax transcript information available through its Income Verification Express Service program, according to a new report.

Starting in January, the six-digit numbers will be available to everyone, not just those who have suffered from identity theft.

The service is better at detecting identity theft in business tax returns, according to a new report, but it’s still letting many potentially fraudulent claims get through.