It takes most Americans an average of $270 and 13 hours to do their taxes. With Direct File, it takes less than 60 minutes to do it yourself and costs nothing. Direct File is the IRS’s new electronic ...

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 ...

Data shows the IRS' Direct File free tax-filing tool has helped save taxpayers money. Now lawmakers want to know why the Trump administration may soon pull the plug on the program. The Trump ...

The Trump Administration announced it is ending the IRS’s free tax filing program, Direct File, even though independent groups deemed it a success and users across the political spectrum ...

Last year the Internal Revenue Service launched a program that allowed some tax filers to file their returns directly to the IRS. It was available when the 2025 filing started this year, but a social ...

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 U.S. Department of the Treasury and the IRS have announced that the number of states offering Direct File will double in Filing Season 2025 to 24. In Filing Season 2025, Direct File will be ...

The Internal Revenue Service launched a pilot program last year that allows people to file their taxes directly with the federal government for free. This project is known as Direct File and has since ...

The IRS Direct File program allows eligible taxpayers to prepare and file their taxes for free directly to the government You can use your smartphone, laptop, tablet or desktop computer, no additional ...

“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 ...

Americans will have one fewer free option to file their taxes in 2026 after the Trump administration killed IRS Direct File. Without it, Direct File supporters said Americans will end up spending more ...