The Trump administration plans to end the IRS Direct File program, the e-filing system that allowed taxpayers to file returns directly to the agency for free, according to media reports. The ...

The IRS has spent the past nine months studying whether U.S. taxpayers want to see a free, e-filing system run by the government — and is now preparing to launch a pilot program.

Amid reports the IRS may end its free Direct File program, more than 170 lawmakers are demanding it remains open.

The Direct File program allowed taxpayers in certain states with simple tax situations to file their taxes for free directly through the IRS.

Oregon’s Department of Revenue is encouraging taxpayers to answer questions from the federal Internal Revenue Service about a Biden-era free, online tax filing program that could be on the chopping ...

Critics of Direct File say it competes with software from tax-preparation companies, and that the IRS spent tens of millions of dollars to launch the platform.

IRS Direct File is the nation's first free tax filing system. A Treasury Department official told BI it was a failed program with an uncertain future.