Direct File was "problematic" from the start, David Williams, president of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance, which describes itself as a nonpartisan organization that disseminates research and ...

The IRS debuted Direct File — which enabled taxpayers to file online with the agency for free — as a pilot in 2024 and it ...

The Direct File program has income limits, as well as limits on the types of income, deductions and credits you can enter on your tax return. Income limits. For the 2025 tax season: ...

The claim: 'Direct File' tax program no longer available as of Feb. 3 A Feb. 3 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) claims an IRS service that helped taxpayers file their taxes for free ...

IRS Direct File launched last year as a way to file your taxes with the federal tax agency, for free. At the time, there were only 12 participating pilot states.

How Direct File did. Big picture, 296,531 people successfully submitted an accepted tax return this year using Direct File, which the IRS spent $41 million on this filing season.

IRS could cut up to 40% of its workforce, internal memo indicates 00:33. Data shows the IRS' Direct File free tax-filing tool has helped save taxpayers money.

With its Direct File program, the IRS tried to give U.S. taxpayers a free solution to a longstanding complaint: that tax prep is too expensive.. Created by the Inflation Reduction Act, Direct File ...

Direct File was first rolled out by the IRS in 2024 in 12 states as a service allowing taxpayers to file their annual returns directly to the agency for free.

Direct File joined a range of other free tax-preparation options, including IRS Free File, a partnership with software companies open to people making up to $84,000 this year.

Millions of taxpayers can file for free this year using the IRS' Direct File system. Launched by the agency as a pilot program in 12 states, Direct File processed approximately 140,000 returns in ...