Tax Season: Creating Your IRS Online Account

Ahead of the 2024 tax season, filing early can save time and hassle. This is how to register an online IRS account for easy tax information access and management.

Online IRS Account Benefits:

The benefits of opening an IRS account online include:

1. Personal Tax Data: Quickly access your last tax return, adjusted gross income (AGI), payment history for the past five years, and current tax liability.

2. Digital Authorizations and Notices: Accept tax professional permission requests, go paperless, and receive digital IRS notices.

3. Secure online payments through your IRS account.

4. Instant tax records, including transcripts of earlier returns and pay and income statements, are available immediately.

5. Increase Tax Record Security: Request an Identity Protection PIN.

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Setting Up an IRS Account Online

Required:
A valid email address, mailing address, and a US passport or state driver’s license are required.
– Social Security or tax ID number – A registered mobile phone

How to Register:
1. Access the IRS website’s [Your Account Online] page.
2. Select “Sign in to your online account”.
3. Login or register for an ID.me account.
4. Register on ID.me, including email confirmation, multifactor authentication, ID verification, and IRS access authorization.
5. Authorization activates your IRS online account.

ID.me/Identity Verification:

All IRS accounts require ID.me, a third-party identity verification service. Verifying identity with a picture or video chat interview. For privacy, video chat interviews have replaced facial recognition.

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