IRS extends Business Tax Accounts to partnerships, nonprofits and government entities

The Internal Revenue Service has expanded its Business Tax Accounts, offering the online self-service platform now for partnerships, tax-exempt organizations, and federal, state, local and Indian tribal governments.

"By opening the Business Tax Account to partnerships, tax-exempts and other organizations, we're giving millions more entities secure, convenient access to their tax information," said IRS CEO Frank Bisignano in a statement Monday. "Digital access will reduce the burden on these taxpayers because they no longer will be limited to paper and phone interactions to perform simple tasks with the IRS."

The newly eligible entities join sole proprietors, S corporations and C corporations that are already able to access the platform. The expansion supports the agency's ongoing service improvement effort by broadening digital access to more segments of the business community.

The IRS introduced Business Tax Accounts in October 2023 as a way for companies to view and track their taxes. It later expanded them in December 2023 giving individual partners of partnerships and individual shareholders of S corps access to the accounts.

The Business Tax Account is a secure, centralized platform that allows eligible users to manage their federal tax responsibilities online. Through the BTA, users and designated officials can view tax balances, make payments and see payment history. They can also download certain digital notices and view eligible transcripts, such as payroll and income. They can also request a tax compliance check as well as see the business name and address on file with the IRS.

Tax professionals have been helping their business and individual clients deal with their taxes this filing season amid the changes in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

"The biggest impact on our client base has been the revisions to the IRC Section 174 expenses, and determining what they want to do with that," said Zack Leder, a tax partner at Bennett Thrasher, a Top 75 Firm based in Atlanta that recently released its Top 10 Tax Tips for Businesses Filing in 2026. "Previously you had to capitalize certain R&D expenditures and software development costs. With the passage of the OB3, you get to reverse out what you had done previously on the domestic side. For clients who are in a profitable position, most of them are taking and reversing it all out in the first year. But we have a lot of startup technology companies that tend to lose money early on and we're trying to figure out the best strategy."