I heard this yesterday from someone at work. I am like, no way that is real. I looked it up and sure enough...
It would appear the article got it wrong... But I feel like they got it right and the IRS just backtracked.
IRS Will Require Facial Recognition Scans to Access Your Taxes Online
You will have to submit sensitive government documents, your Social Security number, credit history, and a face scan to ID.me, a third-party company.
gizmodo.com
It would appear the article got it wrong... But I feel like they got it right and the IRS just backtracked.
If they start requiring selfies to have access to the money they STOLE from me, I am going to lose it.So, as of January 20th, the IRS’s official position is that you can e-file without uploading a selfie, a selfie will be required for accessing your records through IRS.gov, and that’s not changing for now. Just be aware, when filing your taxes, that virtually everything will indicate that you must use this new system, but that’s not true. We regret the error.