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 is halting Direct File, the Biden-era tax-preparation software pilot, and it pointed to other free services.

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

Symbolically, though, it matters: The program was, by all reports, intuitive, popular, and easy to use. Most importantly, it ...

The Internal Revenue Service notified Oregon and other states on Monday that the federal government has canceled a free, ...

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.

WASHINGTON (AP) — IRS Direct File, the electronic system for filing tax returns for free, will not be offered next year, the ...

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

The new program, Direct File, helped low- and moderate-income taxpayers file their returns more easily, and had been expanding.

The IRS announced its free online tax filing system will not be available in 2026, though Oregon taxpayers can still file ...

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