In 2025, nearly 300,000 Americans used a new electronic system to file their taxes directly with the IRS for free. In 2026, ...

FILE - A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building is seen, May 4, 2021, in Washington. As tax filing season officially starts Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, a limited number of taxpayers in 12 ...

The IRS Direct File tool won't be available for the upcoming tax filing season. Here are a few free resources if you want help filing your taxes.

Over 100,000 Americans filed their taxes using the IRS's free new program last year. Now, it's sticking around.

Although Direct File will no longer be available in 2026, there are still numerous online tools and apps that offer free tax ...

Caren Weiner is the lead editor for consumer finance at Forbes Advisor. During her decades as a personal finance journalist, she has covered mutual funds, taxes, banking and health insurance ...

This tax season has been rife with disruptions and layoffs set off by the Trump administration, now the president reportedly plans to eliminate the IRS’ Direct File program. The program is available ...

The IRS has expanded its Direct File program to eight more states, but its future remains uncertain over government scale back from the Trump administration. IRS expands Direct File program to more ...

Mia Francis, a 22-year-old barista from Boston, filed her taxes on her own this year for the first time, using a free government tax filing program that made it easy because it did most of the work ...