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

While the IRS Direct File program has been shut down, there are still ways to file your taxes for free. Here's what to know.

Several free tax filing options remain available, including IRS Free File, VITA/TCE programs, and services from companies ...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has ended the agency’s free service that allowed people to file their taxes directly.

With the IRS's Direct File program no longer available, taxpayers face the challenge of saving on tax preparation costs.

It’s the beginning of a new year, which means fresh resolutions, forgetting to write the proper year number for a month and filing taxes. In 2025, over […] ...

The Internal Revenue Service has shut down its Direct File free tax-filing program, sending an email to the 25 states that offered it this year. The email was sent to the state departments of revenue ...

When the killing off of Direct File was announced in November 2025, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who is also the current ...

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.

Lower-income taxpayers in the U.S. may only have a few more months to file their federal returns for free through the Internal Revenue Service’s Direct File program — as the agency’s head warned ...

IRS Direct File, the electronic system for filing tax returns for free, will not be offered next year, the Trump administration has confirmed. An email sent Monday from IRS official Cynthia Noe to ...

While the IRS Direct File program has been shut down, there are still ways to file your taxes for free. Here's what to know.