WASHINGTON, Jan. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Taxpayers can get a head start on preparing their 2025 federal tax returns as the IRS Free File program is now available ahead of the official start of the tax ...

Direct File, the Internal Revenue Service’s long-promised free tax filing software, might be at risk of being killed off by the Trump administration, but the code that made the service possible will ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk posted Monday on his social media site that he had “deleted” 18F, a government agency that worked on technology projects such as the IRS' Direct File ...

Only 2% of federal income tax returns were filed through Free File, despite 70% of filers qualifying. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who ...

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 ...

With the federal tax filing deadline approaching, the IRS is encouraging eligible taxpayers to use its Free File program to prepare and submit federal returns at no cost. The service, offered in ...

Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Bill Long said the agency will end its Direct File program after a limited pilot and one full filing season. President Donald Trump's massive spending and policy ...

The Internal Revenue Service vastly overstated the projected costs of operating the Direct File free tax preparation program before terminating it for this tax season, according to a new report.

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS' Direct File program, an electronic system for filing tax returns directly to the agency for free, according to two people familiar ...

Scott Bessent, the hedge fund executive picked by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as Treasury Secretary, committed to keeping the IRS Direct File open for the coming tax season but did not ...