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Lawmakers & Taxpayers Worried About IRS New Facial Recognition, Outsourced to Private Firm

Millions of Americans could soon have to scan their faces to access their Internal...

Millions of Americans could soon have to scan their faces to access their IRS accounts, one of the government’s biggest expansions yet of facial recognition software into people’s everyday lives.

Millions of Americans could soon have to scan their faces to access their IRS accounts, one of the government’s biggest expansions yet of facial recognition software into people’s everyday lives.

Millions of Americans will soon have to scan their face to access their Internal Revenue Service accounts, one of the government's biggest expansions yet of facial recognition software into people's everyday lives.

The IRS is "in the roughest shape it's been in in 50 years," says former commissioner Mark Everson. The agency, he says, is understaffed, has more work than it can handle and is underfunded.

As it starts to accept this year's returns, the IRS is still working through millions filed last year. And that's just one of its problems.

This Monday marks the beginning of tax filing season, when the IRS will begin accepting 2021 income tax returns from individuals and businesses. Most

This Monday marks the beginning of tax filing season, when the IRS will begin accepting 2021 income tax returns from individuals and businesses. Most

The IRS is "in the roughest shape it's been in in 50 years," says former commissioner Mark Everson. The agency, he says, is understaffed, has more work than it can handle and is underfunded.