News, Reviews & Betas which includes large community peer support The American taxpayer will no longer have to provide a facial scan for biometric verification as the IRS has decided to phase out the system, especially because it relied on a third party for analysis
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will gradually phase out the use of facial recognition and biometric identity verification system from a third-party vendor. Amazon was providing the Rekognition technology which powered the ID.me platform for biometric authentication of American taxpayers. The American Taxpayer will no longer have to subject themselves to a facial scan while working on their taxes through the IRS website. The IRS had mandated that US citizens must upload video selfies when creating new IRS online accounts.
