The IRS shut down its Direct File tax filing system, leaving taxpayers with one less option to file their returns for free.

The IRS announced Thursday that its experimental Direct File free tax-filing option for simplified tax returns would become a permanent option starting next year. In a release, the IRS, along with the ...

The Internal Revenue Service has ended its Direct File program for the 2026 filing season, pulling back a government-run tool ...

The IRS partners with several third-party tax preparation software companies to make their software available for free, but only to people below a certain income level — the cutoff this year is ...

Direct File, the IRS’ free electronic tax filing system, is here to stay and will be available to more taxpayers next year, the government said on Thursday. All 50 states and Washington D.C. are ...

If you're eager to save money filing your taxes this season, there's a free option that's used by only a fraction of eligible taxpayers. Established in 2002, the program, known as IRS Free File, is a ...

The announcement, which was made jointly by U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen and IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel, made clear that the agency intended to extend and expand the Direct File ...

Last week, the IRS began accepting tax returns. And Cary Gladstone, senior director of Granite United Way in New Hampshire, prepared a small army of tax volunteers. Each year, the nonprofit agency ...