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IRS Direct File, which was offered in 25 states last year, has been discontinued. But one very-much underused, free program remains for 2026.

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON—The Internal Revenue Service is officially ending Direct File, the free, government-run tax-filing pilot program that the Biden administration started last year. Instead, the Trump ...

IRS Direct File, the electronic system for filing tax returns for free, will not be offered next year, the Trump administration has confirmed. An email sent Monday from IRS official Cynthia Noe to ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The IRS is recommitting to its decades-old partnership with tax prep companies as the main option for Americans to file their taxes ...

The new program, Direct File, helped low- and moderate-income taxpayers file their returns more easily, and had been expanding. By Tara Siegel Bernard The Internal Revenue Service is shutting down its ...