People will have a surefire, government-sponsored way to file their taxes for free in the 2025 filing season. The Internal Revenue Service announced its Direct File program, piloted for 12 states earlier this year,

FILE - A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building is seen, May 4, 2021, in Washington. The government is making permanent its new free electronic tax return filing system and expanding to taxpayers in all 50 states. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky ...

I n a very welcome move for taxpayers in the US, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced its Direct File option will become a permanent feature for filing federal tax returns, beginning with the 2025 tax season.

Following the "successful" launch of a pilot program, the IRS said that its free online Direct File program can be adopted in all 50 states starting next tax season.

Washington (CNN) — The Internal Revenue Service said Thursday that it will continue and expand its free tax filing program in 2025. A pilot version of the online program, known as Direct File, launched earlier this year. It provides step-by-step guidance ...

After a trial run in 12 states, the IRS’ Direct File program will be made available to all 50 states next year.

The United States notoriously makes tax filing stressful and expensive thanks to greed, the tax lobby and the idea that basically nothing should be free (fun stuff!). However, there's a little glimmer of hope,

The IRS announced Thursday that after a successful 12-state pilot, it will offer Direct File in "all states that want to partner with Direct File" for next year’s tax season. As

The Internal Revenue Service announced Thursday that its experimental Direct File free tax-filing option for simplified tax returns would become a permanent option starting next year.

The Treasury Department has decided to make Direct File permanent and expand the service for the 2025 filing season.