Alerts

September 20, 2025

Sign up or log in to ID.me

The Internal Revenue Service has updated how users sign in and verify their identity for certain IRS online services that relies on trusted third parties and provides an improved user experience. The agency encourages taxpayers to create a new account by using one of the tools listed below. This new process is part of the agency's Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) initiatives to provide more ways for taxpayers to verify their identity and access IRS tools.

Anyone with an existing ID.me account from the Child Tax Credit Update Portal, or from another government agency, can sign in with their existing credentials. If you are a new user, you will have to provide a photo of an identity document such as a driver's license, state ID or passport as part of the identity verification process. You will also need to take a selfie with a smartphone or a computer with a webcam. Once your identity is verified, you can use your account across multiple IRS tools and at other government agencies that also use ID.me.