Trump's Treasury Department calls Direct File 'a failed program' Casey Lantz had a particularly painless time filing her taxes this year - though it may be the last time she can say that. The Seattle ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The IRS is recommitting to its decades-old partnership with tax prep companies as the main option for Americans to file their taxes ...

The IRS is opening its Direct File program to the public in the 12 states piloting the service, the agency announced Wednesday. So far, the IRS has been focusing on more limited testing of the tool, ...

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Americans will have one fewer free option to file their taxes in 2026 after the Trump administration killed IRS Direct File. Without it, Direct File supporters said Americans will end up spending more ...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is pushing to revive the IRS Direct File program after it was scrapped under President Donald Trump, ...

After weeks of testing, the IRS’s new government-run website for free tax filing is now open for the rest of this year’s tax season to users in 12 states. The Direct File website, the Biden ...

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In early February 2025, claims emerged that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) led by Elon Musk, had terminated, or planned to terminate, a program — Direct File — run by the IRS that ...

The Internal Revenue Service’s experimental Direct File free tax-filing program will become a permanent option starting with the 2025 filing season. The decision follows a successful pilot run earlier ...