Over two dozen states incorporated the free tax software in 2025, but the IRS has decided to discontinue the program.

WASHINGTON (AP) — IRS Direct File, the electronic system for filing tax returns for free, will not be offered next year, the ...

Oregon and other states were notified Monday that a new program that let taxpayers file electronically for free is dead.

Months after the IRS commissioner said the free tax filing program was 'gone,' the IRS informs states that Direct File will ...

The IRS quietly discontinued its free Direct File program, raising new questions about accessibility and the future cost of ...

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 announcement signals the likely end of Direct File — a project that Trump administration officials and Republican lawmakers targeted this year.

With the tax return deadline drawing near, millions of Americans still have the opportunity to file their returns at no cost, provided they meet certain income or filing criteria. In 2025, a range of ...

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 ...

Direct File was launched as a pilot program in 2024. It allowed eligible taxpayers in a limited number of states to file their federal returns directly with the IRS at no cost. The program was ...

The IRS expects more than 140 million individual tax returns for tax year 2024 to be filed ahead of the federal deadline. Taxpayers residing in a federally declared disaster area may have additional ...

Direct File, the Internal Revenue Service’s long-promised free tax filing software, might be at risk of being killed off by the Trump administration, but the code that made the service possible will ...