Over 250,000 Americans filed their taxes for free with the Internal Revenue Service last year, using the IRS Direct File ...

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

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

The Internal Revenue Service’s free online filing system is no more. First rolled out as a limited pilot in 2024 under the Biden administration, the Direct File program allowed taxpayers in certain ...

The IRS has ended the Direct File program, which let some taxpayers file their annual returns for free using software developed by the government. Many tax preparation companies opposed this, as did ...

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A memo to states last week confirmed what many have long expected was coming: “IRS Direct File will not be available in Filing Season 2026. No launch date has been set for the future.” Money; Getty ...

Republican lawmakers had criticized Direct File as a waste of taxpayer money because free-filing options already exist. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who also serves as IRS commissioner, told ...