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Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau and ID.me

The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) works with ID.me to provide authentication and identity verification. This article explains how to verify your identity for TTB.

Note: For information on TTB specific issues, visit TTB support resources.

Before you verify

To verify your identity, you’ll need to provide specific information and up-to-date documents. We recommend gathering any necessary documents before you begin the verification process. To verify, you’ll need:

  • A mobile phone that has a camera or a computer with a webcam
  • Email address
  • Government-issued photo ID (driver's license, passport, passport card, or state ID)
  • U.S. phone number
  • Current U.S. address
  • Social Security Number

How to verify

Follow the steps below to verify your identity.

Note:If you live outside of the United States and don’t have a US phone number, mailing address, or Social Security number, you can still verify your identity. During the verification process, you can select specific links if you don’t have US-based information.

1. Start with TTB

To begin, visit my.ttb.gov, go to the application or service you need, then select Sign in with ID.me.

2. Sign in or create an ID.me account

If you have an ID.me account, sign in using your email address and password. You may already have an ID.me account if you created one for another ID.me agency or for an ID.me community, such as a nurse or military.

Note: Do not create more than one ID.me account. For more information, visit Can I have more than one ID.me account?

If you don’t have an ID.me account, create one to continue. To create a new ID.me account:

  1. Enter your personal email address and password, then select Create account.
  2. Confirm your email address. For more information, visit Confirming your email address.
  3. Set up multi-factor authentication (MFA) to further protect your account. For more information, visit Getting started with MFA.
Tip: If you’re setting up MFA for the first time, make sure to save or download your recovery code to ensure you always have access to your ID.me account.

3. Verify your identity

You can start with self-service or verify your identity on a video call. For video calls, you will need to upload a government-issued photo ID or primary and secondary identity documents. Select the tab below for steps for each option:

Self-Service Video Call

To verify your identity using Self-Service:

Note: For information on how to verify your identity if you don’t live in the United states, visit Verifying if you live outside of the United States
  1. Choose how to verify your identity. You can upload a photo of your driver's license, state ID, passport, or passport card.
  2. Take and submit a video selfie. If you’re taking a selfie using your smartphone and don’t have a US phone number, select I don’t have a US phone number.
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  1. Enter all other requested information, including your Social Security Number. If you don’t have a Social Security number, select I don’t have a Social Security number.
  2. Review and confirm to make sure all your information is accurate, then select Yes at the bottom of the screen. If you don’t have a US address, select I don’t have a US address.
  3. Select Allow and continue to finish your identity verification process.

After ID.me verifies your identity, you will receive a confirmation text message as a way to protect you from fraud.