Starting summer 2022, the IRS is requiring taxpayers to create an account with identity verification company ID.me to access certain tools and applications.
"The IRS emphasizes taxpayers can pay or file their taxes without submitting a selfie or other information to a third-party identity verification company," the agency said in a statement."Tax payments can be made from a bank account, by credit card or by other means without the use of facial recognition technology or registering for an account."
But you will need an account to do some of the basic things listed above, as well as applying for payment plans, monitoring stimulus checks and requesting Identity Protection PINs. And a says more applications will transition to the ID.me verification method over the next year. The IRS is already prompting users to create an ID.me account"as soon as possible."it uses a form of facial verification that compares the photo ID provided by the taxpayer with a video selfie taken when prompted by the company's software, similar to unlocking a smartphone with your face.
The company launched in 2010 and is also used by other governmental agencies, including the Social Security Administration, Veteran's Affairs and many state governments, to verify unemployment benefits. ID.me was also used by the IRS in 2021 for those who enrolled or unenrolled in the advance child tax credit payments.
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