IRS head says Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill has axed the free program. Credit: Annabelle Gordon / Contributor / The Washington Post via Getty Images The IRS's free Direct File program — a new initiative ...

In early February 2025, claims emerged that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) led by Elon Musk, had terminated, or planned to terminate, a program — Direct File — run by the IRS that ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The “big, beautiful bill" passed by House Republicans Thursday directs the IRS to study how it can replace Direct File, a free, online ...

The IRS is making Direct File permanent, the agency announced on Thursday. The government-backed tool, piloted during the most recent tax season, allowed taxpayers in some states to file directly to ...

Nearly 30 House Republicans are asking President-elect Donald Trump to stop the IRS free tax filing service, Direct File, on day one of his new administration. Reps. Adrian Smith, R-Neb., and Chuck ...

Most Direct Files users that submitted their taxes using the free IRS service this year said that using the tool was a good experience and something that they’d recommend for their friends and family, ...

Elon Musk created confusion on Monday with an X post that led some people to believe he had eliminated an agency that supported a free program used by Americans to file their taxes, the Associated ...

WASHINGTON, March 1 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has pulled the plug on a team of tech-savvy civil servants that helped to build the Internal Revenue Service’s free tax-filing service and ...

When the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) arrived at the Internal Revenue Service earlier this year, leaders of the group reassured workers that the agency’s free tax filing tool, ...