Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Filling out tax forms, in this file photo from 2022. (Photo by Senior Airman Thomas Karol/U.S. Air Force) It takes most Americans ...

The IRS Direct File program will not be offered for the 2026 filing season, leaving potentially millions of taxpayers without this free file option. The program, which allowed residents in 25 pilot ...

“Direct File worked really well, and it's a great example of how the IRS can do technology, or how the government can do technology, effectively,” said former IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel. For a ...

IRS Direct File is now available in 25 states for the 2025 tax season.

The Internal Revenue Service has shut down its Direct File free tax-filing program, sending an email to the 25 states that offered it this year. The email was sent to the state departments of revenue ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — IRS Direct File, the electronic system for filing tax returns for free, will not be offered next year, the Trump administration has confirmed. An email sent Monday from IRS official ...

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 ...

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 ...

The IRS announced Thursday that its experimental Direct File free tax-filing option for simplified tax returns would become a permanent option starting next year. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The IRS Direct File tool is scheduled to open to taxpayers across 25 states at the start of the coming tax season on Jan. 27, a week ...