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The Internal Revenue Service has halted a popular service that once provided a free option for taxpayers to file their taxes directly with the IRS. The program, Direct File, was launched by the U.S.

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The Watchdog investigates why the IRS ended its Direct File pilot program that let taxpayers send returns straight to the agency without going through Intuit’s electronic filing system. Eric Gay / AP ...

“Free” and “simple” aren’t typically associated with tax filing, but for nearly 300,000 Americans who used IRS Direct File in 2025, the process itself was not only free, but easier. Now the Trump ...

After several key changes in 2025, experts are advising taxpayers to start preparing for the coming year now to avoid any ...

The Trump administration has ended the federal government’s offering of a nationwide free e-filing program for federal income taxes for 2026. But state officials say Oregonians can still find similar ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...