It takes most Americans an average of $270 and 13 hours to do their taxes. With Direct File, it takes less than 60 minutes to do it yourself and costs nothing. Direct File is the IRS’s new electronic ...
Californians who don’t want to pay for tax-filing software or a commercial preparer have some free online options through the Internal Revenue Service. Related Articles Letters: Critical column sells ...
(NEXSTAR) – In 2025, nearly 300,000 Americans used a new electronic system to file their taxes directly with the IRS for free. In 2026, that’s no longer an option. IRS Direct File launched as a pilot ...
The IRS Direct File program is no longer available. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Economic Security Project) We knew that it was coming, but now we know for sure: Direct File, the free ...
The Trump administration has shut down the IRS "Direct File" program, which was a free tax filing option. Critics of Direct File cited high development costs and low user participation for its closure ...
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 ...
The Trump administration has shut down the IRS "Direct File" program, which was a free tax filing option. Critics of Direct File cited high development costs and low user participation for its closure ...