The Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS) is an online federal tax payment system in the United States designed and maintained by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Bureau of the Fiscal Service branches of the United States Department of the Treasury.
[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] The Internal Revenue Service contracted with First Chicago Corporation, National Computer Systems, AT&T, IBM, Mercantile Bancorp, and Intranet to develop EFTPS in 1994.
[8] NationsBank and First National Bank of Chicago were contracted to monitor electronic payment transmissions, prepare financial reports, and develop the database systems for EFTPS.
[9] EFTPS replaced TaxLink, an older electronic tax payment system that began in 1993.
Both EFTPS and IRS Direct Pay are secure ways to pay your federal taxes The EFTPS website claims that the Internal Revenue Service and other government agencies do not obtain access to the enrollee's account, and only payments explicitly scheduled or authorized by the enrollee are processed by the website.