EFTPS will require multi-factor Authentication

Well, I think our hopes and dreams that the MFA wouldn't happen are going to be shattered.  I tried logging in to EFTPS at 10:30pm  - site says it's under maintenance.  It's now 12:30am - site says it's under maintenance.  Ughhhhhhh

On another email based forum I received an email from an enrolled agent and he said he was redirected to sign into his ID.me account and then he was directly sent back to the EFTPS account. He said it was ok. But I don't think I have an id.me account, so hopefully that will not be a pain.

I assume this does not affect the batch processing application.

I was able to register with id.me and send the clients 941 deposit EFTPS. No problem like Iron Man said, nice and easy. I initially tried with the login gov website. But when I entered the password, it said I already had an account with a different password. This must have been from eServices Efin or something from years ago. So I just backed out. Then set up the ID.me. I'm waiting now for another client to send me the information so I can see if it works for that client EFTPS.

Just wondering and no biggie but there are approximately 108 comments on this thread, but only 32 thumbs up which is obviously not correct. One would think that intuit would be able to add correctly considering their line of work.

I decided to work on some quarterly payroll reports and was met with this mfa issue. I just clicked on ID.me and entered my firm's information and password. There was a question answer about allowing accessing the treasury dept with the ID.me. After answering yes, I was taken back to the same old screen where you enter EIN, PIN and password and I am working on client quarterly reports now. Not a big deal. Just sign up for ID.me and you're good to go.

I log in for my clients to schedule their payroll tax deposits.  I used my ID.me login when prompted for the EFTPS site, and agreed to allow my information to be shared with the IRS site.  Then it allowed me to login using my client's information to access their account.  I've only done this for one client, so I haven't checked to see if it remembers the login, or if it will allow me to access a different client each time I log in.  If you have an ID.me login, you may be able to access your clients' accounts..... Okay, I just tried to login to EFTPS again after closing out the webpage, and it didn't even send me to ID.me, just went straight to the EFTPS login, so it "remembered" me?  By the way, I won't use Login.gov because I recall they lied about services and charges to clients and were subject to a hearing on the matter back in March.

I set up a login.gov account. It only took a few minutes. I just enter my phone number for texts for step  authentication. Once I logged in, then you get the regular screen to enter client log in informatin (EIN, PIN and  password). 

My question is simple:  Can we still make EFTPS payments using QuickBooks Desktop?  To be clear, I'm not asking about logging into EFTPS, I already have the required 'Login.gov' account.  Can I still use QB Desktop to send EFTPS payments?

Hi All,

You CAN make (1) login through login.gov and then be able to remit your clients taxes on EFTPS.gov. I just tried it.  I make deposits for clients monthly and was concerned each client had to have their own MFA login but NOT the case. I would also use the same broswer you use EFTPS.gov through that you setup login.gov with, it seemed to remember me (eftps.gov) and I didnt have to re login with login.gov info beforehand. 

Your welcome everyone 😎