Taxpayers in 25 states will need to find a new way to file their taxes in 2026 as the IRS has shut down the free Direct File ...
Over two dozen states incorporated the free tax software in 2025, but the IRS has decided to discontinue the program.
The Internal Revenue Service notified Oregon and other states on Monday that the federal government has canceled a free, ...
WASHINGTON—The Internal Revenue Service is officially ending Direct File, the free, government-run tax-filing pilot program ...
The new program, Direct File, helped low- and moderate-income taxpayers file their returns more easily, and had been ...
The Internal Revenue Service has shut down its Direct File free tax-filing program, sending an email to the 25 states that ...
Symbolically, though, it matters: The program was, by all reports, intuitive, popular, and easy to use. Most importantly, it ...
The IRS Direct File will not be available for the upcoming tax filing season. However, other programs like the Free File and ...
The Trump administration has decided not to offer the IRS' electronic tax filing system for free next year, and its future is ...
While the IRS hasn’t officially confirmed that the program is dead, the website indicates that the program is closed—and ...
The CRA has reported that 41,400 people were eligible for the program in 2025 in Grey and Bruce counties. Volunteers helped 3 ...