The coming IRS direct file pilot, which will allow taxpayers in certain states to file their taxes directly to the government, will require participants to verify their identity via ID.me, according to a new IRS blog post.
That means that the IRS still isn’t ready to adopt the government-owned identity solution Login.gov. IRS officials have had concerns about the security features of Login.gov, which has been in hot water this year over the fact that it doesn’t meet certain identity verification standards. Since then, the General Services Administration announced that it will be adding face matching technology to Login.gov to meet the standard in question.
