The IRS announced yesterday that a business’s designated officials who access the IRS’s Business Tax Account online must revalidate their accounts by July 29 in order to maintain access. (FS-2025-04) The revalidation process applies only to those designated officials who originally gained account access in December 2024 or earlier.
Designated officials who fail to revalidate their account by July 29 must restart the identity verification process through ID.me
In order to revalidate an account, designated officials must log in to their Business Tax Account online and follow the revalidation prompts.
Designated officials include:
- Partners;
- LLC members;
- Corporate officers (but only if they also received a W-2 from the business for the most recent tax filing year and are authorized to bind the business or entity).
The IRS’s announcement can be found at: www.irs.gov/newsroom/designated-officials-must-revalidate-their-business-tax-account-by-july-29-or-risk-losing-access
Taxpayers can login to their business tax account online to revalidate their access at: www.irs.gov/businesses/business-tax-account
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