>>> YOU'RE WATCHING COVERAGE YOU CAN COUNT ON WITH WRAL NEWS. >>> YOU WILL NOTICE A NEW SECURITY OPTION WHEN FILING TAXES ONLINE THIS YEAR. MONICA LALIBERTE EXPLAINS. >> Reporter: IT IS ALL ABOUT STOPPING FRAUD AND STOPPING SOMEONE FROM FILING A RETURN IN YOUR NAME. PASSWORDS JUST AREN'T ENOUGH SO THE IRS ANNOUNCED ALL 2021 ONLINE TAX PREPARATION PRODUCTS WILL OFFER TWO-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION. ADD THAT EXTRA LAYER OF SECURITY TO VERIFY IT IS YOU LOGGING IN. TO FACTOR ALSO KNOWN AS MULTI FACTOR AUTHENTICATION IS ROLLING OUT AS A STANDARD FEATURE. LIKE WITH OTHER PLACES IT IS USED, THE PROCESS MEANS YOU WILL ENTER YOUR USERNAME AND PASSWORD, THEN A NUMBER CODE TEXTED TO YOU. THE IDEA, WHILE A THIEF MIGHT HAVE ONE FORM OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION LIKE A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, IT IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY THEY WILL HAVE YOUR PHONE WHERE YOU WILL GET THAT TEXT. THIS WILL HELP TAXPAYERS AND TAX PROFESSIONALS WHOSE SYSTEMS COULD BE HACKED TO THE POINT CLIENT INFORMATION IS ACCESSED. OF COURSE, YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO USE THESE STEPS AT THE IRS SAYS YOU SHOULD. MONICA LIPPERT WITH 5 ON YOUR SIDE.