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EFTPS USERS: UPDATE YOUR PASSWORDS

January 25, 2008

For those of you who remit your federal tax payments electronically -- and that means almost all employers and corporations -- the IRS is making you change your password:

As an additional security measure, EFTPS online will increase the complexity of passwords beginning February 7, 2008.

We recommend that you change your passwords based on the following guidance at your earliest convenience:

Passwords must be 8 to 12 characters long, composed of the following character types:

* Uppercase Alpha (A, B, C, etc.),
* Lowercase Alpha (a, b, c, etc.),
* Numeric (1, 2, 3, etc.) or the following Special Characters (!, @, #, $,*, +,-).

Each password must contain UPPERCASE AND LOWERCASE ALPHA CHARACTERS, and at least one character that is either a Numeric or a Special Character.

To change your password, visit the My Profile Internet Password Management page.

Actually, these are good guidelines for any password worth worrying about.

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