To ensure compliance with IRS regulations related to identity verification of taxpayers and businesses; individual taxpayers will now be prompted to use TaxStatus’s built-in identity verification workflow, and businesses will be required to add additional verification documentation.
When your customer is asked for consent, they will also be asked to take:
A picture of a government-issued ID
A live selfie.
Our system then confirms a biometric match to complete the consent process.
When their consent process is complete, the option to download the picture of their government-issued ID appears on the data entry screen.