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 ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The headline was, "IRS Direct File is no longer available". But what many of you heard was "IRS Free File is no longer available". That's not true. IRS Free File, the program that ...

The Trump administration has decided not to offer Direct File, the IRS' electronic tax filing system for free next year, and the program’s future is unclear. The program was praised for making tax ...

A memo to states last week confirmed what many have long expected was coming: “IRS Direct File will not be available in Filing Season 2026. No launch date has been set for the future.” Money; Getty ...

The Internal Revenue Service has shut down its Direct File free tax-filing program, sending an email to the 25 states that offered it this year. The email was sent to the state departments of revenue ...

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 ...