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

Symbolically, though, it matters: The program was, by all reports, intuitive, popular, and easy to use. Most importantly, it ...

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

The program developed during Joe Biden’s presidency was credited by users with making tax filing easy, fast and economical.

Direct File, the free, government-provided alternative to services like TurboTax, won't be available for the 2026 tax season, ...

The IRS Direct File will not be available for the upcoming tax filing season. However, other programs like the Free File and ...

A new report from the tax agency that was requested by congressional Republicans said that dropping Direct File “is in the ...

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

Last month, the Treasury Department issued a report recommending that the IRS refocus efforts on strengthening its free filing programs, particularly Free File, by modernizing and promoting awareness ...

Canada will introduce tax credits for clean technologies worth up to 30% of investment costs in a bid to close competitive gaps with the United States in scaling up green technologies, the government ...

IRS Commissioner Bill Long—who Trump later fired—also indicated that the Direct File program had been scuttled. "You’ve hea ...