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I've been wondering just how mandatory id.me is. Out of curiosity I tried to find if there was a way to address the problem you mentioned without using id.me.
by throwhauser 5y ago
I've been wondering just how mandatory id.me is. Out of curiosity I tried to find if there was a way to address the problem you mentioned without using id.me. Buried very deeply in the Q & A via a link called "alternative options" it says
If you can’t verify your identity online, you can call the telephone number on the letter you received from the IRS telling you that you may be eligible to receive advance Child Tax Credit payments (Letter 6416)
But... the link to Letter 6416 goes to a PDF that has no phone numbers on it at all.
So although id.me might not be strictly speaking mandatory, in this case it seems impossible to avoid, since the "alternative option" isn't really there.
It's a Kafkaesque nightmare.
- PaulDavisThe1st 5y ago> the letter you received from the IRS this is presumably not the same as "the link to Letter 6416"
- throwhauser 5y agoI don't know about that, see section Q K5 here: https://www.irs.gov/credits-deductions/2021-child-tax-credit-and-advance-child-tax-credit-payments-topic-k-verifying-your-identity-to-view-your-payments https://www.irs.gov/credits-deductions/2021-child-tax-credit... To me it reads like Letter 6416 is meant to add specificity to "the letter" in the previous sentence. EDIT: I've found other examples of Letter 6416 online on non-IRS websites that do have a phone number at the upper right. I'm not sure if the phone number's absence from the sample PDF on the IRS website means it has been removed, or if non-sample copies would have a phone number.