U.S. Tax Portals

Federal

Last checked Nov 3, 2026

The federal logins a practitioner uses for client tax and payroll work, with links straight to each one. More on the federal side is on the pages below.

IRS deadline postponements for disaster areas are on the Disaster tax relief page.

The IRS budget

What Congress gives the IRS against what it collects: federal spending with the IRS slice, appropriations since 2015, the Inflation Reduction Act money and its rescissions, and the workforce.

IRS leadership and organization

Who runs the IRS and who they answer to, its operating divisions and offices, the 2025 and 2026 changes, and practitioner contact routes.

Federal systems and what they cost

Who built each federal portal and the systems behind it, how it was bought, contract amounts and the record on how it has gone.

How the IRS shares tax data with the states

The Governmental Liaison Data Exchange Program, the agreements behind it, and state by state details.

Portals

IRS Tax Pro Account

Internal Revenue Service

  • Submit power of attorney (Form 2848) and tax information authorization (Form 8821) requests online, for the taxpayer to approve in their own account

Built by IRS program; Deloitte and others under task orders. Contract details

Sign-in and identity: ID.me. Contract details

Sign-in and identity: GSA Login.gov. Contract details

Customer service: IRS (CAF units); eGain platform for online uploads. Contract details

www.irs.gov/tax-professionals/tax-pro-account

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IRS online EIN application

Internal Revenue Service

  • Apply online for a client entity's employer identification number (EIN) and print the EIN confirmation letter
  • Third-party designees need the client's signed authorization; 1 EIN per responsible party per day

Built by IRS owned and operated. Contract details

www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/get-an-employer-identification-number

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IRS Free File

Internal Revenue Service

  • Free guided federal filing through IRS partner software for taxpayers under the AGI limit
  • Free File Fillable Forms for any income level (no state returns)

Built by Free File Inc. members (8 in 2026). Contract details

www.irs.gov/e-file-do-your-taxes-for-free

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IRS Income Verification Express Service (IVES)

Internal Revenue Service

  • Lenders and other IVES participants order a client's transcripts on Form 4506-C, online or by fax, and receive them in their e-Services secure mailbox
  • Taxpayers can authorize or reject a participant's request in their online account

Built by IRS (Submission Processing); Deloitte and eTelligent support orders. Contract details

Customer service: Leidos (IRS owned). Contract details

Customer service: IRS program; Deloitte and others under task orders. Contract details

www.irs.gov/individuals/income-verification-express-service

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Who owns IRS transcripts

Checked Nov 3, 2026

Tax transcripts belong to Taxpayer Services (the former Wage and Investment division), in its Customer Account Services function: Accounts Management sets policy for the Transcript Delivery System that every channel uses, Electronic Products and Services Support runs e-Services and the programming side of TDS, and Submission Processing runs IVES and the paper request (RAIVS) units. The online account screens belong to the Office of Online Services. No IRS source names the Information Technology unit that runs TDS itself.

ChannelOwning officeWho runs itSources
Transcript Delivery System (TDS), through e-Services, Tax Pro Account and the Practitioner Priority ServiceTaxpayer Services. Policy owner: Director, Accounts Management; TDS programming: Electronic Products and Services Support (EPSS), in Customer Account ServicesIRS owned and operated (e-Services privacy assessment, December 2024)1 2 3 Public record
Get Transcript (in the Individual Online Account, and by mail)Product owner: Office of Online Services, Individual Taxpayer Products Branch (IRM 1.1.29). The 2023 Get Transcript privacy assessment names no business unit; the 2025 online account platform assessment names the Transformation and Strategy OfficeGet Transcript: IRS owned and operated. The online account platform: operated by a contractor, not named1 2 3 Public record
Business transcripts (Business Tax Account, phone and fax)Business Tax Account: Office of Online Services, Business and Tax Professional Products Branch. Practitioner Priority Service: Taxpayer Services, Accounts ManagementPart of the contractor-operated online account platform1 2 3 Public record
Income Verification Express Service (IVES), Form 4506-CTaxpayer Services. Policy owner: Director, Submission Processing; program owner: Technical Support Section, Specialty Programs Branch. TIGTA (2023): operated by Submission ProcessingIRS; support task orders to Deloitte and eTelligent ($19.95M obligated)1 2 Public record
Paper requests: Forms 4506-T, 4506-T-EZ and 4506 (RAIVS units)Same as IVES: Director, Submission Processing, and the Technical Support SectionClerks in three campuses fill requests through TDS and IDRS1 2 Public record
The account data transcripts come from (Master Files, CADE 2, Account Management Services, IDRS)Individual Master File, CADE 2 and Account Management Services: Taxpayer Services. Business Master File: Small Business/Self-Employed. IDRS Modernization: Information TechnologyIRS run; IT Tax Processing organization (IRM 1.1.12). SAIC holds the IDRS Modernization order1 2 3 4 Public record

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