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 ...

Direct File, the free tax filing tool offered by the Internal Revenue Service, won't be an option for taxpayers next year.

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

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

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

The IRS notified 25 partner states today that Direct File “will not be available” next filing season, and that there is no timeline for bringing it back. The program had operated for two tax years, ...

Users credited the IRS Direct File Program, established by the Biden administration, for making tax filing more efficient, ...

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

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

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.

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