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Direct File has ended. Americans who used the free tax-filing program will have to find a new option. Here are some ...

Taxpayers in 25 states will need to find a new way to file their taxes in 2026 as the IRS has shut down the free Direct File ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — IRS Direct File, the electronic system for filing tax returns for free, will not be offered next year, the ...

WASHINGTON—The Internal Revenue Service is officially ending Direct File, the free, government-run tax-filing pilot program ...

The Trump administration has discontinued a federal program thousands of North Carolina residents used this year to file ...

A new report from the tax agency that was requested by congressional Republicans said that dropping Direct File “is in the ...

While the IRS hasn’t officially confirmed that the program is dead, the website indicates that the program is closed—and ...

Direct File won’t be available anymore to do your taxes next year. Here’s what that means once the tax filing season opens in ...

The program developed during Joe Biden’s presidency was credited by users with making tax filing easy, fast and economical.

IRS Commissioner Bill Long—who Trump later fired—also indicated that the Direct File program had been scuttled. "You’ve hea ...

Over two dozen states incorporated the free tax software in 2025, but the IRS has decided to discontinue the program.