Publication 5190 (07-2020) Catalog Number 67386F Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service IRS.gov Table of Contents Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................................................................ 2 Figures ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 6 Tables ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Disclaimers .................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Additional Note about Screen Shots ........................................................................................................................................... 10 What’s New .................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 1. Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................................... 12 1.1. About FATCA ............................................................................................................................................... 12 1.2. Purpose of Guide ......................................................................................................................................... 12 1.3. Comments .................................................................................................................................................... 13 1.4. Technical Support ....................................................................................................................................... 13 2. International Data Exchange Service (IDES) .................................................................................................................... 13 2.1. About IDES ................................................................................................................................................... 13 2.2. Before You Begin ........................................................................................................................................ 14 2.3. Authorized Users ......................................................................................................................................... 14 2.4. System Availability ...................................................................................................................................... 16 2.5. Data Security ................................................................................................................................................ 17 2.6. File Retention ............................................................................................................................................... 17 2.7. Requirements ............................................................................................................................................... 18 2.8. HCTA Username and Password ................................................................................................................. 18 3. Obtain a Digital Certificate ................................................................................................................................................. 19 3.1. Purpose of a Digital Certificate .................................................................................................................. 19 3.2. IRS Approved Certificate Authorities ........................................................................................................ 19 3.3. Digital Certificate Format ............................................................................................................................ 19 3.4. Upload a Digital Certificate to IDES ........................................................................................................... 20 3.5. Public Key Certificate .................................................................................................................................. 20 3.6. Certificate Maintenance .............................................................................................................................. 20 4. IDES Enrollment ................................................................................................................................................................. 21 2 4.1. Overview ....................................................................................................................................................... 21 4.2. IDES Enrollment Home Page ...................................................................................................................... 21 4.3. Enrollment .................................................................................................................................................... 22 4.4. Knowledge Base .......................................................................................................................................... 23 4.5. Support ......................................................................................................................................................... 24 4.6. IRS Public Key ............................................................................................................................................. 25 4.7. IDES Enrollment User Log In ...................................................................................................................... 26 5. HCTA Administrators ......................................................................................................................................................... 26 5.1. Overview ....................................................................................................................................................... 26 5.2. Begin Enrollment ......................................................................................................................................... 27 5.3. Create Challenge Questions ....................................................................................................................... 30 5.4. Create User Profile ...................................................................................................................................... 31 5.5. Select Alert Preferences ............................................................................................................................. 32 5.6. Upload Digital Certificate ............................................................................................................................ 33 6. FI Administrators ................................................................................................................................................................ 35 6.1. Overview ....................................................................................................................................................... 35 6.2. Begin Enrollment ......................................................................................................................................... 36 6.3. Create Challenge Questions ....................................................................................................................... 38 6.4. Create User Profile ...................................................................................................................................... 39 6.5. Select Alert Preferences ............................................................................................................................. 40 6.6. Upload Digital Certificate ............................................................................................................................ 41 7. Existing Administrators (HCTA and FI) ............................................................................................................................ 43 7.1. Add a User .................................................................................................................................................... 43 7.2. Disable a User .............................................................................................................................................. 46 7.3. Enable a User ............................................................................................................................................... 49 7.4. Update the Certificate.................................................................................................................................. 52 7.5. Update Alert Preferences ............................................................................................................................ 54 7.6. Create a Metadata File ................................................................................................................................. 57 7.7. Reset Password ..........................................................................................................................................