Over two dozen states incorporated the free tax software in 2025, but the IRS has decided to discontinue the program. Peter is a writer and editor for the CNET How-To team. He has been covering ...

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 ...

The Trump administration has axed a free online tax filing system, leaving hundreds of thousands of taxpayers facing high ...

The Trump administration has ended the federal government’s offering of a nationwide free e-filing program for federal income ...

Quick Summary ・One of the lower-priced "Premium" tier options ・The free tier includes child tax credit, student deductions, ...

Free” and “simple” aren’t typically associated with tax filing, but for nearly 300,000 Americans who used IRS Direct File in ...

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 ...

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 ...

IRS Direct File, free online tax-filing tool launched by Biden, won't be offered next year despite 296,531 users in 2025. Republicans criticize as wasteful, but supporters say it saves time and money.

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The IRS is recommitting to its decades-old partnership with tax prep companies as the main option for Americans to file their taxes ...

The IRS is suspending the Direct File program, a free guided tax software for taxpayers in 25 states, for the upcoming filing season. Other free federal tax preparation programs will still be ...

The Internal Revenue Service notified Oregon and other states on Monday that the federal government has canceled a free, fledgling tax-filing program — IRS Direct File — that set out to allow millions ...