The 2025 tax filing season is in full swing at the IRS. And although doing one’s taxes is a near-universally dreaded task, there is a glimmer of good news: It doesn’t have to be expensive. The IRS has ...

Andrew Keshner is a personal finance reporter for MarketWatch who covers taxes, debt, insurance, jobs, consumers and more. He previously worked for the New York Daily News, the New York Law Journal ...

Residents of 12 states are eligible to participate if they meet certain criteria. But the agency’s plans have already met resistance from tax preparation companies. By Ann Carrns The Internal Revenue ...

Millions of taxpayers file their taxes free each year. Unfortunately, two of the biggest tax preparation services, TurboTax and H&R Block, are no longer participating in the IRS's official Free File ...

The Federal Trade Commission last week sued the tax preparation company H&R Block for, in essence, allegedly making it more difficult for consumers to downgrade to a lower cost or free online filing ...

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 ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Despite signing a deal with the IRS that pledged they would ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — An IRS plan to test drive a new electronic free-file tax return system next year has got supporters and critics of the idea mobilizing to sway the public and Congress over whether ...

If cost is a concern when it comes to your taxes, there are several free federal tax-filing options to consider. The IRS provides its Free File program through several partners that offer in-person, ...