A limited number of taxpayers get to try out the new program before it gets considered for the rest of us. A limited number of taxpayers get to try out the new program before it gets considered for ...

The Internal Revenue Service’s test run at tax preparation this year was an “incredible success,” and now the agency needs to make it a permanent option for people to file their income taxes for free, ...

The IRS is working on its own version of a free electronic tax-filing system that could compete with tax-prep programs from the likes of Intuit's TurboTax and H&R Block. The agency is rolling out a ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Taxpayers with simple returns in states like California, Texas, Florida, and New York will be eligible to use the ...

The IRS will test a free tax filing service in 2024 for a subset of lucky taxpayers in as many as 13 states, the agency announced today. Direct File, as the service is called, is a shot across the ...

The IRS said Tuesday it will test a free, electronic tax-filing system early next year in 13 states, with the agency estimating that hundreds of thousands of taxpayers will participate in the limited ...

The IRS is developing a system that would let taxpayers send electronic returns directly to the government for free, sidestepping commercial options such as TurboTax. The agency plans a pilot test of ...

Individual taxpayers spend on average $140 preparing their taxes each year. The Internal Revenue Service is planning to test a program that could cut those costs significantly. After nine months of ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The IRS on Tuesday announced that it would develop an ...

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Joe Raedle / Getty Images The IRS is developing a system that would let taxpayers send electronic returns directly to the government for free, sidestepping commercial options such as TurboTax. The ...