# IRS Income Verification Express Service (IVES) API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/irs/ives/  
**Provider:** IRS — https://apis.io/providers/irs/  
**Base URL:** https://la.www4.irs.gov  
**Documentation:** https://www.irs.gov/individuals/income-verification-express-service-for-participants

IRS Income Verification Express Service (IVES) API is one of 5 APIs that [IRS](https://apis.io/providers/irs/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Income Verification, Tax Transcripts, Mortgage, Lending, and Financial-Services. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, a getting-started guide, and pricing.

Application-to-Application (A2A) API allowing authorized participants such as lenders, banks, credit unions, and financial institutions to request IRS tax transcripts for income verification purposes. Supports high-volume automated transcript requests with delivery in hours. Charges $4 per transcript requested. Requires IVES participant enrollment and API client ID.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://www.irs.gov/individuals/income-verification-express-service-for-participants
- **GettingStarted** — https://www.irs.gov/tax-professionals/get-an-api-client-id
- **Pricing** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/irs/refs/heads/main/plans/irs-plans-pricing.yml

## Other IRS APIs (4)

- [IRS TIN Matching API](https://apis.io/apis/irs/tin-matching/)
- [IRS Information Return Intake System (IRIS) API](https://apis.io/apis/irs/iris/)
- [IRS Modernized e-File (MeF) API](https://apis.io/apis/irs/mef/)
- [IRS Transcript Delivery System (TDS) API](https://apis.io/apis/irs/tds/)

## Tags

Income Verification, Tax Transcripts, Mortgage, Lending, Financial-Services

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