The change will affect users of the IRS' online tax payment services.damircudic/Getty Images The IRS will require users of its online portal to create an ID.me account from summer 2022. ID.me is a digital identification company that requires selfies from users for facial recognition. It has landed numerous contracts with US state governments over the course of the pandemic. The International Revenue Service (IRS) is going to require users of its online tax payment services to create an identification account, which will involve sending off a selfie for facial recognition.Security blogger Brian Krebs was the first to spot a message on the IRS website directing users to create an account with a company called ID.me."If you have an existing IRD username, please create a new ID.me account as soon as possible.