In a win for the paid tax prep industry, it looks like the government’s free tax filing program, Direct File, is dead for now ...

Over two dozen states incorporated the free tax software in 2025, but the IRS has decided to discontinue the program.

Direct File has ended. Americans who used the free tax-filing program will have to find a new option. Here are some ...

The new program, Direct File, helped low- and moderate-income taxpayers file their returns more easily, and had been ...

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 ...

The Internal Revenue Service notified Oregon and other states on Monday that the federal government has canceled a free, ...

While the IRS hasn’t officially confirmed that the program is dead, the website indicates that the program is closed—and ...

The Internal Revenue Service has shut down its Direct File free tax-filing program, sending an email to the 25 states that ...

The Trump administration has decided not to offer the IRS' electronic tax filing system for free next year, and its future is ...

WASHINGTON—The Internal Revenue Service is officially ending Direct File, the free, government-run tax-filing pilot program ...

North Carolina was one of 25 states to participate in Direct File, an electronic filing system through which people could ...

The IRS cited low usage and high costs as reasons for shuttering the program, which began during the previous administration.