North Carolina was one of 25 states to participate in Direct File, an electronic filing system through which people could ...

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

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

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 ...

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

WASHINGTON—The Internal Revenue Service is officially ending Direct File, the free, government-run tax-filing pilot 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 ...

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

Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that raises income taxes on high-earning households to help fund free meals for ...

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

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