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

More taxpayers will have access to the IRS Direct File program in 2025. In 2024, the IRS kicked off the program with only 12 states; that number has expanded to 25 states for the 2025 tax season.

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 Senate Committee on Finance has unveiled its amendments to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which was approved by the House of Representatives in May. It includes a proposal to "terminate" the IRS ...

How to file your taxes for free with IRS Direct File For 2025, the IRS-sponsored program has expanded into 25 states. Updated Wed, Apr 16 2025. Dan Avery Editor, CNBC Select.

No. Direct File does not replace other options such as working with a tax professional, using the IRS Free File, using commercial software or free preparation sites with trained volunteers, or for ...

IRS Direct File launched last year as a way to file your taxes with the federal tax agency, for free. At the time, there were only 12 participating pilot states.

Direct File began accepting tax returns on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. The Direct File program is free, easy to use, mobile-friendly and accurate, according to the IRS, available in English and Spanish ...

IRS Direct File, the nation's first free tax-filing system, was meant to ease the pain of complex filings. Employees who worked on it are worried that DOGE wants to kill the two-year-old program ...

IRS could cut up to 40% of its workforce, internal memo indicates 00:33. Data shows the IRS' Direct File free tax-filing tool has helped save taxpayers money.

Direct File, the Internal Revenue Service’s long-promised free tax filing software, might be at risk of being killed off by the Trump administration, but the code that made the service possible ...