Commissioner Billy Long explained his management philosophy at the 2025 Tax Summit of the National Association of Enrolled ...

The program offered free tax filing for two years before Republicans shut it down. Now a small group hopes to save the code for a future administration to use.

Direct File won't be able to handle any tax returns that get complicated, at least for now. This is a pilot program and the IRS is keeping it simple to gauge the reaction.

IRS says more than 140,000 Americans filed their taxes free using its Direct File pilot but industry critics say the program's unnecessary and costly.

The IRS is making its free tax-filing platform permanent and open to all 50 states and D.C., the Biden administration announced Thursday, following the successful launch of the first-of-its-kind ...

Starting this tax season, 12 states are piloting Direct File, a new service from the IRS. If you have a basic W-2 return and claim the standard deduction, you may be able to use Direct File to ...

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 ...

How to use the IRS’s free IP PIN, the best way to keep a criminal from nabbing your income tax refund You can have the IRS assign you a 6-digit code so nobody else can file under your name.

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.

The IRS has said repeatedly it wants to start slow with direct file to build a solid operational base that can later be scaled up in terms of functionality and used more widely. Advocates of the ...

The IRS free Direct File program opens on Jan. 27 for taxpayers in 25 states. With expanded tax situations, more than 30 million taxpayers will be eligible to use Direct File in 2025, according to ...

The IRS is treading carefully with the launch of a free online tax filing system as the agency and its ambitious project face intense political scrutiny. When the new “direct file” online tax ...