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@PATAX wrote:

Also there is a phone number apparently that people can use to make the deposit over the phone 1-800-555-3453.

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I still have one client who does this.  Maybe something's been updated recently but my understanding is that you need a 4-digit PIN to make an EFTPS payment.  A single EIN could have multiple PINs but each PIN will be linked to a specific bank account (I think I have at least two around here somewhere for my own account).  My client still pulls out the original "green ink" EFTPS Tele-file instructions every time and goes step-by-step: phone number, EIN, PIN, etc.  The phone menu options have changed slightly since then but for the most part it still works like a charm!

Another client we were able to get the login setup for BSO to submit W-2s earlier this year.  He was able to link his corporate SSA BSO account to his personal (i.e. Social Security Benefits) login, which seems to me like a security nightmare but, whatever.  I'm hoping the same login can be linked to the EFTPS account.  I remember setting it up for BSO was a huge pain involving several "an unknown error has occurred" issues and something like 8 different MFA codes sent to his phone and/or email before the process was complete (I wish I were exaggerating but it may have been more like 10 codes!).

I set up ID.me for myself last year.  It was awful and took 45 minutes, ending in a video call where I'm holding my license and passport up to my PC camera so someone on the Internet could verify it.  Boy did that feel like a great idea!  That also had at least two "unknown errors", one of which was fixed with just the "back" button but the other required a complete restart of the process.  So yay, fun.

Maybe this is just a ploy to get more late payment penalties.  They have to recoup all of that fraudulent ERC money somehow . . .