A view of the IRS building in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images) A few years ago, the Internal Revenue Service announced that it had begun using the identity credential service ID.me ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The coming IRS direct file pilot, which will allow taxpayers in certain states to file their taxes directly to the government, will ...

The Internal Revenue Service has faced challenges in transitioning the system it uses for authenticating the identities of taxpayers and tax professionals to a system more widely used in the federal ...

The IRS crackdown on what appears to be extensive fraud involving key but obscure tax credits remains ongoing. And taxpayers who receive notices that they need to verify their identity must pay ...

A trio of Democrats on Capitol Hill think that the IRS requirements for identity verification in the Direct File program “created serious access barriers” to filing taxes using the service. Sens.

The IRS was requiring taxpayers to submit their selfies if they wanted to access parts of its website. Susan Walsh AP Update: On Feb. 7, the IRS said it is moving away from using a facial recognition ...

Hard to imagine anyone just ignoring an IRS letter that flags a potential trouble spot involving fraud or ID theft. Or taxpayers not making a move to prove they are who they say they are to get their ...

The coming IRS direct file pilot, which will allow taxpayers in certain states to file their taxes directly to the government, will require participants to verify their identity via ID.me, according ...

Thousands of taxpayers in metro Detroit and elsewhere are dealing with the ugly fallout from some truly awful tax advice during the past tax season. Tax refunds remain in limbo. IRS letters are piling ...