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IRS’s “ID.me”: Not Ready for Prime Time

This afternoon, I needed to upload an IRS Power of Attorney form to the IRS’s CAF Unit.  The IRS advised me (on the login screen) that I should obtain an account on ID.me. The IRS rightly wants to make sure … Continue reading

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IRS No Longer Redacting Information on Wage & Income Transcripts

Yesterday I went on e-Services and downloaded a Wage & Income Transcript for a client. I was surprised to see that the payor information was no longer redacted. There was the payor’s name in full (along with the address and … Continue reading

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One Tiptoe Forward for Representation, With that Giant Step Backwards Still Coming

The IRS released a Fact Sheet today on the new transcript redaction policy that begins on Monday. There’s one very slight piece of good news for tax professionals in the Fact Sheet: If necessary for return preparation, a client may … Continue reading

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One Giant Step Forward for Security (Maybe), One Huge Step Backward for Representation

If you are a tax professional who does any representation work, do I have news for you…and it’s not good. Yesterday, the IRS made an announcement about redacting information on transcripts. Here’s an excerpt of the announcement: Moving to better … Continue reading

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Dead Men Tell No Tales, Even When They’re Supposed To

For tax practitioners, the IRS’s e-Services suite of applications is extraordinarily useful. When a client give us the appropriate authorization we’re able to pull transcripts from the IRS’s computer system. This helps us file appropriate tax returns and it helps … Continue reading

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IRS Transcript Delivery System Failing for Many Users; No Fix Time

One of the major tools I use is the IRS’s e-Services system; the component I use the most is the Transcript Delivery System (TDS). Last weekend, the IRS did a major “upgrade” of the system. I have to put upgrade … Continue reading

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IRS e-Services Outages the Next Two Weekends

The IRS announced today that they will be conducting their normal Labor Day maintenance this coming weekend. Most IRS e-Services applications will be down beginning Saturday, September 2nd at 8pm EDT, with normal operations scheduled to resume Tuesday, September 5th … Continue reading

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IRS E-Services Outage Postponed…Again

Back in June the IRS was going to do a major update of their E-Services (what tax professionals, software developers, and return transmitters use to access IRS computer systems). That update was postponed. Last month the IRS announced that the … Continue reading

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IRS Not Moving e-Services to a New Platform this Week

The IRS had planned on moving e-Services to a new platform on Thursday, June 15th. However, today I received an email stating it has been postponed until later this summer: The planned move of IRS e-Services to a different platform … Continue reading

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My E-Services Follies

The IRS is trying to become a bit more security conscious. As part of their efforts, the IRS is having all e-Services account users who use the IRS’s “Transcript Delivery Service” re-validate their identities. Letters are being sent to impacted … Continue reading

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