The IRS Direct File program is no longer available. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Economic Security Project) We knew that it was coming, but now we know for sure: Direct File, the free ...

The Internal Revenue Service notified Oregon and other states on Monday that the federal government has canceled a free, fledgling tax-filing program — IRS Direct File — that set out to allow millions ...

Republican lawmakers had criticized Direct File as a waste of taxpayer money because free-filing options already exist. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who also serves as IRS commissioner, told ...