The anonymous survey emphasizes the high “initial cost to the federal government” of an IRS-run tool vs. programs “paid and ...

Taxpayers have through Sept. 5 to fill out a survey that will be presented to Congress, as the future of IRS Direct File ...

Oregon’s Department of Revenue is encouraging taxpayers to answer questions from the federal Internal Revenue Service about a ...

The IRS's Direct File program, a free tool that simplified tax filing for millions in the U.S., has ended. This change, ...

The agency's free program for filing electronic tax returns may be the latest victim of the Trump administration's DOGE efficiency team, according to reporting by the Associated Press. It cited ...

Direct File, the free site for filing federal tax returns directly through the IRS, will be open for new users in 12 states during unspecified windows of time, before becoming widely available to ...

IRS Free File lets qualified taxpayers get free tax preparation, free electronic filing and free direct deposit of their federal tax refund, if they’re owed one, using guided tax preparation ...

The IRS Free File, or Direct File, emerged as a response to the need for a more accessible tax filing system. Developed under the Biden administration, it aimed to make tax filing easier and more ...

- May 31, 2025 For millions of Americans, filing taxes is already a frustrating, time-consuming ordeal. Now, a free online tool that promised to make the process easier is under political threat.

Mia Francis, a 22-year-old barista from Boston, filed her taxes on her own this year for the first time, using a free government tax filing program that made it easy because it did most of the ...

The IRS oversees volunteer programs that provide free tax-filing assistance to people with incomes of $67,000 or less or who are 60 or older, disabled or not fluent in English.