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The service has faced challenges in transitioning the system it uses for authenticating the identities of taxpayers and tax professionals.
October 18 -
The Internal Revenue Service is updating its login procedures for several of its online applications to improve their security.
October 3 -
The tax compliance software company bought a Chile-based provider of biometric identification and e-signature solutions.
August 25 -
The service’s recent policies expedited the hiring of new employees, but prolonged delays in eligibility verification could increase the risk of exposure of taxpayer data, according to a new report.
July 11 -
A group of Democrats has asked the commission to investigate whether the identity verification company illegally misled consumers and government agencies.
May 18 -
The service plans to migrate its online services for tax pros to ID.me this summer, despite congressional objections to the authentication company.
May 4 -
In this latest installment of “The Frontier,” RKL’s chief cloud officer says there is now so much personal data online that someone could assume your identity and lock you out of it.
May 2 -
The Internal Revenue Service is allowing taxpayers to create online accounts through a live, virtual interview with agents, instead of submitting a selfie or other biometric data, after a backlash erupted over privacy concerns.
February 22 -
The Internal Revenue Service backtracked from a plan to use facial recognition software from a third-party company for taxpayer authentication.
February 7 -
Senate Finance chair Ron Wyden weighed in on the use of third-party facial recognition software ID.me in a letter to Commissioner Rettig.
February 7