The IRS Direct File will not be available for the upcoming tax filing season. However, other programs like the Free File and ...

The Trump administration says the Free File program offered through commercial tax preparation companies is a more effective ...

The IRS has decided not to continue its Direct File program, leaving many taxpayers, especially Latinos, seeking ...

The IRS cited low usage and high costs as reasons for shuttering the program, which began during the previous administration.

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

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

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 ...

A new report from the tax agency that was requested by congressional Republicans said that dropping Direct File “is in the ...

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 ...

The Trump administration has ended the federal government’s offering of a nationwide free e-filing program for federal income ...

Direct File has ended. Americans who used the free tax-filing program will have to find a new option. Here are some alternatives.

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 ...