Those with accounts can now retrieve all their tax related information, including Wage & Income Account, Record of Account and Return transcripts and Request an update to their Identity Protection PINs via smartphones and tablets.

In addition, they can view information about the status of audits, use a Lien Payoff Calculator to access lien information, calculate their lien payoff amount and generate a letter for downloading or printing and complete the Pending Installment Agreement process within Online Accounts.

They can also have a comprehensive overview of account information, including the status of their tax refunds whiles these are processed.

Moreover, Business Tax Accounts are now available in Spanish with taxpayers also able to see their balances due and make the payment while proprietors can now download business entity transcripts from their Business Tax Accounts.

The IRS additionally has added more amended returns to its electronic filing system. These include Forms 940, 941, 943 and 945, along with the Spanish version of Forms 941 and 943.

Bob Scott

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Bob Scott has provided information to the tax and accounting community since 1991, first as technology editor of Accounting Today, and from 1997 through 2009 as editor of its sister publication, Accounting Technology. He is known throughout the industry for his depth of knowledge and for his high journalistic standards.  Scott has made frequent appearances as a speaker, moderator and panelist and events serving tax and accounting professionals. He  has a strong background in computer journalism as an editor with two former trade publications, Computer+Software News and MIS Week and spent several years with weekly and daily newspapers in Morris County New Jersey prior to that.  A graduate of Indiana University with a degree in journalism, Bob is a native of Madison, Ind