The IRS, the Treasury and the White House did not respond to Money’s requests for comment. But a Treasury spokesperson did tell Tax Notes last week that Direct File is a “failed program at a cost of ...

As the 2025 tax season concludes, taxpayers face uncertainty with the potential elimination of the IRS Direct File program.

While in India on Tuesday, U.S. Vice President JD Vance called for enhanced engagement with the South Asian country. He said ...

The lawmakers asked the Treasury Department and the IRS to respond to their demands to preserve Direct-File by May 5.

DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, an IRS that could ...

There was some hope that Musk, with his DOGE team of computer programmers, could take over Direct File and improve it. But ...

What is Direct File? Direct File was first rolled out by the IRS in 2024 in 12 states as a service allowing taxpayers to file ...

IRS staff were reportedly told in mid-March to stop working on Direct File's development for the 2026 tax filing season.

The Trump administration plans to end the IRS' free Direct File program, which was introduced under President Biden to ...

Rumors of the service's demise began back in February with a social media post from Elon Musk, the head of DOGE, who claimed the office responsible for IRS's Direct File had been "deleted." ...

said in a statement that Trump and Musk “are going after Direct File because it stops giant tax prep companies from ripping taxpayers off for services that should be free. Americans want a free ...