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

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 ...

The IRS cited low usage and high costs as reasons for shuttering the program, which began during the previous administration.

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

The IRS Direct File will not be available for the upcoming tax filing season. However, other programs like the Free File and ...

IRS Direct File, the government's free online tax-filing tool launched under the Biden administration, won't be offered next ...

The IRS is ending the Biden-era 'Direct File' program. The program began as a pilot for tax year 2023 in 12 states for filing ...

The Trump administration has decided not to offer the IRS' electronic tax filing system for free next year, and its future is ...

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

The IRS quietly discontinued its free Direct File program, raising new questions about accessibility and the future cost of ...

Direct File, the free tax filing tool offered by the Internal Revenue Service, won't be an option for taxpayers next year.

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