The IRS has ended Direct File after two years, leaving 300,000 taxpayers seeking free filing options. Costs soared to $225 ...
The Internal Revenue Service is asking the public to weigh in on free tax filing options for an upcoming congressional report, amid worries about the likely demise of the Direct File tax preparation ...
The 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act' (OBBBA), signed into law on July 4, 2025, by President Trump, marks the end of the IRS's free tax filing programs. This includes the termination of the IRS Direct File ...
A direct path to the IRS threatened a powerful player in tax prep. Now the project is gone. The Watchdog explains how—and why ...
Speculation about the potential elimination of the IRS Free File program by the Trump administration has gained traction. The program, known as Direct File, was developed during Joe Biden's presidency ...
NEW YORK -- As the tax filing season gets underway, taxpayers in some states will have a new way to file online available to them in "the coming days," the IRS said this week. Direct File, the free ...
“Free” and “simple” aren’t typically associated with tax filing, but for nearly 300,000 Americans who used IRS Direct File in 2025, the process itself was not only free, but easier. Now the Trump ...
The IRS' free tax filing program is in jeopardy as the agency faces continued cuts from the Trump administration. Funded under the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022, the program has been heavily ...
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 Internal Revenue Service has shut down its Direct File free tax-filing program, sending an email to the 25 states that offered it this year. The email was sent to the state departments of revenue ...
The IRS Direct File program has been under fire from Republicans in Congress since it began. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act didn’t get rid of it, despite language in the House version. Still, the ...