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Most states offer at least one tax break to retirees but some exempt multiple forms of retirement income and eight states ...

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.” ...

In a period when Nigerians are increasingly burdened by new taxes and shrinking economic reliefs, nothing illustrates the state’s extractive posture more clearly than asking citizens to pay to access ...

Oregonians can plan to receive a kicker credit on their tax returns next year for 2025. According to the Oregon Department of ...

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

Oregonians can still file their state tax returns using Direct File Oregon regardless of the federal program ending, the ...

Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued a sharply critical statement Thursday regarding a report ...

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 ...

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

The Florida Legislature is considering eight bills aimed at reducing or eliminating property taxes. Critics argue that cutting property taxes would lead to a loss of essential community services and ...