The program offered free tax filing for two years before Republicans shut it down. Now a small group hopes to save the code ...

At the beginning of 2025, the Internal Revenue Service welcomed a team from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a ...

The IRS Direct File program has been under fire from Republicans in Congress since it began. The program still feels like ...

The Direct File program has income limits, as well as limits on the types of income, deductions and credits you can enter on your tax return. Income limits. For the 2025 tax season: ...

IRS Direct File Explained. The IRS Direct File program is one option for filing your taxes in 2025. The program is in its second year, and is designed to allow some taxpayers to digitally complete ...

The Direct File service hasn’t been integrated into California’s tax filing system yet, so you won’t be able to transfer your federal information seamlessly to your state return.

Direct File will be a permanent, free tax filing option—that's the word from the U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS.

IRS Direct File still doesn't include support for most 1099 forms, business or rental income or miscellaneous income such as gambling winnings.

Direct File was first rolled out by the IRS in 2024 in 12 states as a service allowing taxpayers to file their annual returns directly to the agency for free.

When tax filing season opens on January 29, some taxpayers will have the option of filing their 2023 federal tax returns with a brand new, government-run system. Known as Direct File, the free ...

You can’t use Direct File if you make more than a certain amount. Single filers are ineligible if they earned more than $200,000, or $160,200 if you had more than one employer.

But Direct File, which uses a question-and-answer format much like those paid websites, is a far cry from what some proponents of free tax software have sought. It doesn’t draw from the IRS’s ...