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

WASHINGTON (AP) — Texan Dixie Warden is quick to say she's “not a numbers girl.” But as the first user of the government's new free electronic tax return filing system, Warden reports she completed ...

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

The Trump administration is planning to shut down the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) Direct File program, a free, government-run electronic tax filing system launched under President Joe Biden, two ...

The IRS' free tax filing program is in jeopardy as the agency faces continued cuts from the Trump administration. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. Funded under the Inflation Reduction ...

The Internal Revenue Service has been conducting "sweeps" in recent years to uncover cases where high-income people have not been filing taxes, but the tracking data and training need to be improved, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS plans to go after 125,000 high-income earners who did not file tax returns going back to 2017 — and the agency says hundreds of millions of dollars of unpaid taxes are ...

The IRS free tax filing program, known as Direct File, has faced heavy Republican scrutiny since its 2024 launch. Direct File expanded to more than 30 million taxpayers across 25 states for the 2025 ...