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<p class="MsoNormal">Good morning Section 218 Employers:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Below is an email detailing upgrades made by the IRS (effective December 10, 2017) to further ramp up their cybersecurity. Please note there are links for FAQs and IRS help desk contact information included.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"">Pamella<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Pamella Johnson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Oregon State Social Security Administration<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dear payroll organizations –
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The information below was sent out by the IRS today as a Quick Alert. Please pass it along to your members.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">e-Services is a suite of web-based tools that allow tax professionals, reporting agents, mortgage industry and payers to complete transactions online with the IRS. The tools include
Registration Services, e-file Application, Transcript Delivery System and Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) Matching. These services are only available to approved IRS business partners as noted below and not to the public.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">All</span></u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> e-Services users must re-register through a more rigorous identity proofing and two-factor authentication process called Secure
Access. This registration is now underway. If you have not already registered through Secure Access, please plan to upgrade your account now.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">To get started, please take the following actions immediately:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Review Important <a href="https://www.irs.gov/individuals/important-update-about-your-eservices-account">
Information about Your e-Services Account</a> and <a href="https://www.irs.gov/individuals/secure-access-how-to-register-for-certain-online-self-help-tools">
Secure Access: How to Register for Certain Online Self-Help Tools</a>. We also have
<a href="https://www.irs.gov/individuals/faqs-about-e-services-and-secure-access">
FAQs about e-Services and Secure Access</a>. These pages will help you successfully register online.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Access your account by going to your normal login page and entering your e-Services username. You will receive a prompt that will direct you through the new registration process.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">If you are an existing e-Services user who cannot register online via Secure Access and needs exception processing, call the e-Help desk at 1-888-841-4648 (select your language, then prompt 1 and remain on the
line until an assistor picks up) 7:30 a.m. Eastern to 7 p.m. Eastern.</span> <span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">You must have access to your email account and your tax return information, including related information documents.
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">To assist you, on <b>Saturday,</b>
<b>December 16, </b>we will have assistors available 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern to answer your calls.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Please remember that you must make an attempt to register online before contacting the help desk. Here are a few other caveats:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">If you require an activation code by mail, it may take up to 10 business days to receive this code, which will enable you to complete the registration process.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">If you previously registered through Secure Access (via Get Transcript, IP PIN, etc.) you need only to enter your e-Services username and your Secure Access password. Do not make more than 2 attempts. If you can’t
remember your password, use the “forgotten password” feature.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">If you have obtained a new mobile phone number, the vendor may not be able to validate it and you should request an activation code by mail.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">After you have requested an activation code by mail either online or through an assistor, do not continue attempts to registration online.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">*****CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE*****<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">All information in this email, including attachments, is approved solely for delivery to and authorized use by its intended recipients. Use, dissemination, distribution, or reproduction of this message and/or any of its attachments by unintended
recipients is not authorized and may be unlawful. If you are not an intended recipient of this message or an authorized assistant to an intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this message and then delete it from your system.<o:p></o:p></p>
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