This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. IRS Direct File, the electronic system for filing tax returns for free, will not be offered next year, the Trump ...

The IRS Direct File program will not be offered for the 2026 filing season, leaving potentially millions of taxpayers without this free file option. The program, which allowed residents in 25 pilot ...

The IRS has been developing a groundbreaking tool aimed at simplifying tax filing for millions of U.S. taxpayers: the IRS Direct File program. While this initiative promises to alleviate the burden of ...

This tax season, millions more Americans will be eligible to file their federal taxes for free using the IRS’s new Direct File software. Though Tax Day is more than three months away, the IRS is ...

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The Internal Revenue Service’s experimental Direct File free tax-filing program will become a permanent option starting with the 2025 filing season. The decision follows a successful pilot run earlier ...

Technical glitches. Frustrated end users. This is what most Americans think of when they hear the federal government is rolling out a new technological innovation. They’re not entirely wrong. The ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — IRS Direct File, the electronic system for filing tax returns for free, will not be offered next year, the Trump administration has confirmed. An email sent Monday from IRS official ...

The Internal Revenue Service is moving Direct File out of beta and taking that free tax-prep app nationwide—or at least to a larger selection of states. The IRS announced Thursday that after a ...