The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has confirmed that Direct File will not be available for Filing Season 2026, and no launch ...

The Trump Administration announced it is ending the IRS’s free tax filing program, Direct File, even though independent ...

The Internal Revenue Service has halted a popular service that once provided a free option for taxpayers to file their taxes ...

A direct path to the IRS threatened a powerful player in tax prep. Now the project is gone. The Watchdog explains how—and why—it really ended.

The IRS' free tax filing program is in jeopardy as the agency faces continued cuts from the Trump administration. Funded under the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022, the program has been heavily ...

Rumors of the demise of the free IRS tax filing software Direct File have been circulating since Tax Day 2025. On Monday, the IRS officially ended the program, at least for 2026. In a letter to 25 ...

Data shows the IRS' Direct File free tax-filing tool has helped save taxpayers money. Now lawmakers want to know why the Trump administration may soon pull the plug on the program. The Trump ...

Mia Francis, a 22-year-old barista from Boston, filed her taxes on her own this year for the first time, using a free government tax filing program that made it easy because it did most of the work ...

IRS Direct File will be eliminated under the Trump administration, according to reports. The program, which allowed taxpayers to file returns directly with the IRS at no cost, was seen by users as ...

With the tax deadline fast approaching, the future of the IRS Direct File program—a free tax filing service—remains uncertain as Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) reassess ...