by Eric J. Ellman | Jul 24, 2026
The IRS is walking back a May 11, 2026 announcement that it was planning on raising fees to access IVES by 25%. On May 1, the IRS announced (members only access) that fees would rise from $4.00 to $5.00 for transcript requests received in the legacy fax channel for...
by Eric J. Ellman | May 30, 2026
In May 2026, the IRS announced that Effective October 1, 2026, there will be updates to the user fees for the Income Verification Express Service (IVES) program.User fees for transcript requests received in the legacy fax channel for Pega Enterprise File Storage (EFS)...
by Eric J. Ellman | Jan 5, 2025
On January 8, 2025, the IRS issued, via a bulletin, an invitation to apply to serve on the IRS IVES Working Group. That bulletin included a link to the IVES Participant Working Group Charter (2025), dated Nov. 27 2024.
by Eric J. Ellman | Apr 10, 2024
On April 10, 2024, the IRS announced that the User fees for transcript requests received in the legacy fax channel for Enterprise File Storage (EFS) will be increasing from the current $2.00 user fee to $4.00 per transcript requested. Any transcript received October...
by Eric J. Ellman | Mar 7, 2024
On March 6, 2023, the IRS put on hold an IVES Policy Update that was announced on January 2, 2024. The January 2 notice said that effective June 30, 2024, “the IRS will only provide IVES transcripts to mortgage lending firms for the sole purpose of obtaining a...
