EXCLUSIVE: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) would be barred from using facial recognition software on taxpayers under new legislation introduced Friday in Congress.
Oregon Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, tweeted last month he was "Responding to criticism, the IRS said recently it isCharles P. Rettig, commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, testifies during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the IRS budget request on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on June 8, 2021.
Under the plan, beginning in summer 2022, users who need to log on to the IRS' website to access the Child Tax Credit Update Portal, check online accounts, get their tax transcript, receive an Identity Protection PIN or view an online payment agreement will need to create an account with ID.me. "Identity verification is critical to protect taxpayers and their information," IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig said in a statement last month.
The IRS has stressed that individuals will not be required to go through ID.me or use facial-recognition software to submit their tax returns. But taxpayers will still be forced to use this software in order to take advantage of some of the IRS' most basic tools. The agency is already urging taxpayers to create accounts "as soon as possible."Users must provide ID.
A Treasury spokesperson declined to comment Thursday to FOX Business when asked for details on the ID.me contract. Huizenga, who sits on the House Financial Services Committee, aims to gain bipartisan support for his IRS legislation and hopes a ban on facial recognition technology will become a provision in the appropriations process.
"I'm optimistic," Huizenga said. "I mean if we can get Ron Wyden and myself agreeing on something, that's pretty good."
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