The IRS has ended Direct File after two years, leaving 300,000 taxpayers seeking free filing options. Costs soared to $225 ...

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 Internal Revenue Service has halted a popular service that once provided a free option for taxpayers to file their taxes ...

The New Year means it's time to start thinking about filing your taxes. There are some changes that should make it easier when it comes to finding free online tax filing if you qualify. It's known as ...

The IRS has ended the Direct File program, which let some taxpayers file their annual returns for free using software developed by the government. Many tax preparation companies opposed this, as did ...

The IRS Direct File program is no longer available. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Economic Security Project) We knew that it was coming, but now we know for sure: Direct File, the free ...

A direct path to the IRS threatened a powerful player in tax prep. Now the project is gone. The Watchdog explains how—and why ...

The Trump Administration announced it is ending the IRS’s free tax filing program, Direct File, even though independent ...

The Internal Revenue Service’s free online filing system is no more. First rolled out as a limited pilot in 2024 under the Biden administration, the Direct File program allowed taxpayers in certain ...

UPDATE 11/7/2025: The IRS' experiment with free, government-run tax filing is officially over. According to a letter sent out this week, Direct File won't be available for the 2026 tax season, and the ...

Gov. Jared Polis asked the federal government to reconsider its decision to halt IRS Direct File in a letter sent Wednesday ...

NEW YORK -- As the tax filing season gets underway, taxpayers in some states will have a new way to file online available to them in "the coming days," the IRS said this week. Direct File, the free ...