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Taxpayer authentication for state electronic filing

For state electronic filing, you need to complete
Form of identification
 on the
federal IDAuth
 screen. This helps to reduce identity theft and fraudulent return filing.
While the IRS won't reject a return that's missing this information, state agencies will. For information on ID authentication for each state, refer to the State Electronic Filing Guide.
You can select 1 of the following from
Form of identification
:
  1. Driver's license
  2. State issued identification card
  3. No applicable identification
  4. Identification not provided
You can't create the state electronic file until you make a selection from these choices. If you don't make a selection, you'll get the following state diagnostic message: 
Electronic filing requires taxpayer (and spouse if filing jointly) authentication on federal Screen IDAuth. Enter a driver’s license number with state of issue and dates, or a state-issued ID number with state of issue and dates, or select the option for no state ID provided.
If you bypass the state diagnostic message and try to electronically file the return, you'll get the following schema failure in the
E-File Error Report
 window: 
Missing data in tag AuthenticationHeader > PrimDrvrLcnsOrStateIssdIdGrp
note
To file an Alabama return electronically, you'll need to include your client's driver's license information or state-issued identification card information.

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