Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) is celebrating the House-passed bill that would shut down the Internal Revenue Service Direct File ...

Learn what IRS Direct File is, how to handle Notice CP59, and if there’s a real $500 IRS refund in 2025, including key filing ...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) moved toward government transparency by open-sourcing its Direct File software code. Direct File is a free, user-friendly tax filing tool developed in ...

The National Taxpayer Advocate, Erin Collins, released her fiscal year 2026 Objectives Report to Congress. While the ...

The IRS document — dated May 13 and titled “IRS Direct File: Filing Season 2025 Report" — follows news reports that the Trump administration has decided not to offer the tool again next year.

The IRS is reportedly ending the Direct File, but a report obtained via the Freedom of Information Act says that 94% of users rated their experience as “excellent” or “above average.” ...

Direct File is an option available in 25 states, enabling taxpayers to file their federal income tax return directly with the ...

Poor customer service and outdated technology systems at the IRS contribute to a lack of transparency and threaten to turn ...

The IRS launched Direct File in 2024, offering US citizens a free, user-friendly online platform for filing federal income tax returns. The software quickly gained popularity despite lobbying ...

According to 404 Media, the IRS published most of the code for its Direct File on GitHub, making it open source and available for others to use, much to the chagrin of tax lobbyists everywhere.

The Internal Revenue Service has released to the public the vast majority of the code used to develop its Direct File program, theoretically allowing anyone to build their own versions of the software ...

The advancement of this proposal represents a turning point in the debate over free access to IRS tax services in the United States.