Direct File, with the IRS's own tax software, was available in 25 states, and North Carolina was one of them. This Direct ...
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 ...
A memo to states last week confirmed what many have long expected was coming: “IRS Direct File will not be available in Filing Season 2026. No launch date has been set for the future.” ...
IRS Direct File, free online tax-filing tool launched by Biden, won't be offered next year despite 296,531 users in 2025.
A new report from the tax agency that was requested by congressional Republicans said that dropping Direct File “is in the ...
Direct File has ended. Americans who used the free tax-filing program will have to find a new option. Here are some ...
The announcement signals the likely end of Direct File — a project that Trump administration officials and Republican lawmakers targeted this year.
The future of Direct File, the free online tax filing platform provided by the U.S. federal government, is unclear as the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has indicated that the program may not be ...
Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU), the global financial technology platform that makes Intuit TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks, and Mailchimp, announced today new AI and Agentic AI experiences across ...
While the IRS hasn’t officially confirmed that the program is dead, the website indicates that the program is closed—and ...
Over two dozen states incorporated the free tax software in 2025, but the IRS has decided to discontinue the program.
Direct File, the free, government-provided alternative to services like TurboTax, won't be available for the 2026 tax season, ...