Direct File was "problematic" from the start, David Williams, president of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance, which describes itself as a nonpartisan organization that disseminates research and ...

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 launched last year as a way to file your taxes with the federal tax agency, for free. At the time, there were only 12 participating pilot states.

The claim: 'Direct File' tax program no longer available as of Feb. 3 A Feb. 3 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) claims an IRS service that helped taxpayers file their taxes for free ...

Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) is celebrating the House-passed bill that would shut down the Internal Revenue Service Direct File ...

IRS could cut up to 40% of its workforce, internal memo indicates 00:33. Data shows the IRS' Direct File free tax-filing tool has helped save taxpayers money.

How Direct File did. Big picture, 296,531 people successfully submitted an accepted tax return this year using Direct File, which the IRS spent $41 million on this filing season.

Direct File joined a range of other free tax-preparation options, including IRS Free File, a partnership with software companies open to people making up to $84,000 this year.

With its Direct File program, the IRS tried to give U.S. taxpayers a free solution to a longstanding complaint: that tax prep is too expensive.. Created by the Inflation Reduction Act, Direct File ...

Direct File, the Internal Revenue Service’s long-promised free tax filing software, might be at risk of being killed off by the Trump administration, but the code that made the service possible ...

Direct File is a free IRS program for filing federal tax returns online. In 2025, Direct File is open to eligible taxpayers in 25 states: Alaska, Arizona, California ...