The Trump administration is planning to shut down the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) Direct File program, a free, government-run electronic tax filing system launched under President Joe Biden, two ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 ...

The government shutdown does not extend the October 15 tax filing deadline for taxpayers who requested extensions earlier ...

The IRS says it received more than 20 million extension requests this year — over 12% of all filers — though some in areas hit by natural disasters automatically have extra time to file. For instance, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS’ Direct File program, an electronic system for filing tax returns directly to the agency for free, according to two people ...

Direct File was launched as a pilot program in 2024. It allowed eligible taxpayers in a limited number of states to file their federal returns directly with the IRS at no cost. The program was ...

IRS Direct File is only in its second year of letting taxpayers file directly with the IRS online, but it may be a casualty of Elon Musk’s DOGE. Republicans and commercial tax preparation firms are ...

The IRS’s Free File program is open again this tax season, marking its 23rd year as a free, online tax preparation option for millions of Americans. For 2025, the IRS has made a major expansion to ...

NEW YORK -- As the tax filing season gets underway, taxpayers in some states will have a new way to file online available to them in "the coming days," the IRS said this week. Direct File, the free ...

Another year brings another inflation adjustment for the thresholds that determine how much you owe Uncle Sam.