Re:IRS Will Soon Require Selfies for Online Access
by voakbasda on Thursday January 20, 2022 @01:15AM
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This feels like the right response. I was paying electronically online, but I think that I will go back to sending in my payments using a paper check. I will be sure to include a polite form letter explaining why they have lost the privilege of taking my money electronically. If enough people take this approach, they will probably get their act together in a year or two.
Re:IRS Will Soon Require Selfies for Online Access
by zxcvbn4038 on Thursday January 20, 2022 @10:36AM
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The New York Department Of Taxation has a rule that threatens to fine you if you file a paper return when having the ability to send one electronically. Though to my knowledge they do not actually enforce that rule - just leave lots of warnings around.
Reminds me of those stupid "Must Observe All Warning Signs - State Law" signs that used to be all over Texas highways. I didn't see any my last trip so maybe those are gone finally, but I just passed through the panhandle briefly. They used to be the first thing you would see after crossing the state line, then periodically along all the interstate highways.
Re:IRS Will Soon Require Selfies for Online Access
by mneubrand on Thursday January 20, 2022 @04:39AM
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Fwiw you can make payments without any account via https://www.irs.gov/payments/direct-pay and also check their status via that page. You just need the account to e.g. get your transcripts.
Bills are absolutely worthless as a form of identity anyway, there are no security features on those, most of them are printed on standard paper by common laser printers, there is no way one of their call center people in Stinkwater, Florida is going to know what a utility bill from Bloom County, Illinois looks like and be able to determine from a picture if its original or not.