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.

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 ...

American taxpayers with dependents who have already been claimed on another taxpayer’s return should sign up for an identity protection program ahead of tax season to avoid refund delays with e-filing ...

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 ...

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 ...