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The IRS is making Direct File permanent, the agency announced on Thursday. The government-backed tool, piloted during the most recent tax season, allowed taxpayers in some states to file directly to ...

With its Direct File program, the IRS tried to give U.S. taxpayers a free solution to a longstanding complaint: that tax prep is too expensive. Created by the Inflation Reduction Act, Direct File ...

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 ...

FILE - The headquarters of the Internal Revenue Service is in Washington, August 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File) (Ted Shaffrey, Copyright 2024 The Associated ...

A provision tucked inside Republicans’ reconciliation text would officially end IRS Direct File — a Biden-era free tax filing website the Trump administration is reportedly planning to shutter already ...

The Internal Revenue Service launched a pilot program last year that allows people to file their taxes directly with the federal government for free. This project is known as Direct File and has since ...

IRS Direct File is now available in 25 states for the 2025 tax season.

A Feb. 3 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) claims an IRS service that helped taxpayers file their taxes for free online is no longer available. “Thanks to DOGE, millions of Americans have ...