While the IRS Direct File program has been shut down, there are still ways to file your taxes for free. Here's what to know.

When the killing off of Direct File was announced in November 2025, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who is also the current ...

With the IRS's Direct File program no longer available, taxpayers face the challenge of saving on tax preparation costs.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has ended the agency’s free service that allowed people to file their taxes directly.

It’s the beginning of a new year, which means fresh resolutions, forgetting to write the proper year number for a month and filing taxes. In 2025, over […] ...

In 2025, nearly 300,000 Americans used a new electronic system to file their taxes directly with the IRS for free. In 2026, ...

A memo to states last week confirmed what many have long expected was coming: “IRS Direct File will not be available in Filing Season 2026. No launch date has been set for the future.” Money; Getty ...

Imagine this: you’re juggling a stack of paperwork—job applications, surveys, contracts—and the thought of printing, scanning, and manually entering data feels like a never-ending cycle. Now, what if ...

The IRS expects more than 140 million individual tax returns for tax year 2024 to be filed ahead of the federal deadline. Taxpayers residing in a federally declared disaster area may have additional ...

The clock is ticking to file your tax returns by the April 15 deadline. The IRS received more than 80 million tax returns through March 21, the agency said. Of those, nearly 55 million taxpayers ...

You’ve got less than two weeks to file your tax returns by the April 15 deadline. The IRS received more than 80 million tax returns through March 21, the agency said. Of those, nearly 55 million ...