The Treasury Department said in an October report to Congress that participation in the Direct File program was low and the ...

The IRS Direct File will not be available for the upcoming tax filing season. However, other programs like the Free File and ...

Direct File worked really well, and it's a great example of how the IRS can do technology, or how the government can do ...

Direct File, with the IRS's own tax software, was available in 25 states, and North Carolina was one of them. This Direct ...

The Internal Revenue Service has shut down its Direct File free tax-filing program, sending an email to the 25 states that ...

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.” ...

A new report from the tax agency that was requested by congressional Republicans said that dropping Direct File “is in the ...

The IRS is ending the Biden-era 'Direct File' program. The program began as a pilot for tax year 2023 in 12 states for filing ...

The IRS cited low usage and high costs as reasons for shuttering the program, which began during the previous administration.

Andrew Poulos explains what taxpayers need to know as the IRS ends its free Direct File program ahead of the 2026 tax season.

The electronic system for filing tax returns for free, IRS Direct File, isn’t going to be available for taxpayers next year, ...