The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration found multiple cases of applicants approved for electronic filing that had tax compliance, possible criminal or citizenship issues.

The IRS free tax filing program, known as Direct File, has faced heavy Republican scrutiny since its 2024 launch. Direct File expanded to more than 30 million taxpayers across 25 states for the 2025 ...

The Internal Revenue Service's procedures for approving authorized e-file providers need fixing after it seems to have approved a number of potentially ineligible tax professionals, including several ...

Rumors of the demise of the free IRS tax filing software Direct File have been circulating since Tax Day 2025. On Monday, the IRS officially ended the program, at least for 2026. In a letter to 25 ...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS’ Direct File program, an electronic system for filing tax returns directly to the agency for free, according to two people familiar ...

You already pay a lot in taxes, so it makes sense to try to save money when filing your annual tax return. Under the Biden administration, the IRS expanded the Direct File program, which allows ...

Millions of Americans living overseas are still required to file US tax returns under FATCA. Expatfile.tax LLC aims to ...

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The IRS' free tax filing program is in jeopardy as the agency faces continued cuts from the Trump administration. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. Funded under the Inflation Reduction ...