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. Subscribe to read this story ad-free ...

The IRS partners with several third-party tax preparation software companies to make their software available for free, but only to people below a certain income level — the cutoff this year is ...

U.S. taxpayers preparing to file returns for 2025 — deadline April 15, 2026 — have one fewer free option this year.

Filing your 2025 federal tax return online for free is still very much possible in the 2026 tax season, despite widespread confusion after the IRS shut down its Direct File pilot. The key is knowing ...

The announcement, which was made jointly by U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen and IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel, made clear that the agency intended to extend and expand the Direct File ...

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 ...

If you're eager to save money filing your taxes this season, there's a free option that's used by only a fraction of eligible taxpayers. Established in 2002, the program, known as IRS Free File, is a ...

Taxpayers will not be able to use the IRS Direct File option in 2026 to file their taxes for free as the federal agency has killed off the option. “IRS Direct File will not be available in Filing ...

Last week, the IRS began accepting tax returns. And Cary Gladstone, senior director of Granite United Way in New Hampshire, prepared a small army of tax volunteers. Each year, the nonprofit agency ...