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The New York State Tax Department,
in partnership and collaboration with the IRS and other states, continually
assesses and improves its fraud deterrence systems for the mutual benefit of
the State and its taxpayers, including the tax professional community.
This year, we’ve taken the step of
requiring an additional verification measure in personal income tax preparation
software: the collection of driver license and state-issued ID information.
Historically, our process of
informing the tax preparation community about new requirements has been to
communicate and work with tax preparation software developers; test for their
compliance before approving; and then notify tax professionals upon issuing
each year’s updated Publication 93, New York State Personal Income Tax
Modernized e-File (MeF) Guide For Return Preparers For Tax Year 2016.
This year, through the attention of the
tax professional community, we’ve recognized an opportunity to enhance our
communication with this group to provide accurate and consistent information
about upcoming changes such as this requirement. The Driver License Requirement for Tax Year 2016 document, also available
on the Tax Professionals landing page, is one of multiple communications steps we’re taking moving
forward.
Some of you will receive this email
more than once, as you belong to multiple professional communities. Please
pardon the duplication.
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