The IRS Direct File tool won't be available for the upcoming tax filing season. Here are a few free resources if you want ...

The Internal Revenue Service has halted a popular service that once provided a free option for taxpayers to file their taxes directly with the IRS. The program, Direct File, was launched by the U.S.

IRS Free File offers access to free tax prep software for individuals and families that had less than $84,000 in adjusted gross income in 2024. The IRS partners with tax software companies like TaxAct ...

President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” which he signed into law in July, includes provisions that could impact many ...

IRS Direct File open sourced as TurboTax lobbying and Trump bill threaten free tax filing future- The IRS just made a major move to protect its free tax filing software—Direct File—by releasing most ...

The best way to make filing your income taxes less painful and time-consuming is to file online.

Rumors of the demise of the free IRS tax filing software Direct File have been circulating since Tax Day 2025. On Monday, the IRS officially ended the program, at least for 2026. In a letter to 25 ...

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 ...

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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 ...