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

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

The IRS' free tax filing program is in jeopardy as the agency faces continued cuts from the Trump administration. Funded under the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022, the program has been heavily ...

Rumors of the demise of the free IRS tax filing software Direct File have been circulating since Tax Day 2025. On Monday, the IRS officially ended the program, at least for 2026. In a letter to 25 ...

The Trump administration has announced it will cancel the IRS Direct File program for the 2026 tax filing season, a move which will result in Americans spending more time and money to file their taxes ...

Taxpayers can start the work to file their taxes for free starting this week, according to the IRS. The IRS Free File Guided Tax Software system will start accepting individual returns on Friday, the ...

(NEXSTAR) — Tax season is back again, which means it’s time to collect your W-2 and Form 1098, and Form 1099s and start filing. While there are a slew of tax services and professionals that can help ...

As a taxpayer, you're already contributing a significant amount to taxes, so finding ways to save money when filing your annual tax return is crucial. The IRS Direct File program offers a potential ...

Mia Francis, a 22-year-old barista from Boston, filed her taxes on her own this year for the first time, using a free government tax filing program that made it easy because it did most of the work ...

With the tax deadline fast approaching, the future of the IRS Direct File program—a free tax filing service—remains uncertain ...