Windows 11 did a major overhaul of the native File Explorer app, which was equally liked and mocked after the release. While the app did improve over time, it added essential features like tab support ...

The IRS will halt its government-run Direct File program for the 2026 tax season, ending a short-lived effort to allow taxpayers to prepare and submit returns directly through the agency’s website.

Data shows the IRS' Direct File free tax-filing tool has helped save taxpayers money. Now lawmakers want to know why the Trump administration may soon pull the plug on the program. The Trump ...

A new report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said that Internal Revenue Service claims regarding the Direct File pilot program last tax season omitted more than a third of ...

This conflict could already be seen with the pilot program. According to a report by an Inspector General, the IRS’s Direct File software failed to list certain education tax credits that filers could ...

The Trump administration plans to kill the free tax filing program operated by the Internal Revenue Service, the Associated Press reported today, citing two anonymous sources. The IRS launched Direct ...

Media reports on the IRS’s Direct File pilot program tend to repeat a few key talking points: claiming that the program is “free,” widely accessible, and popular with taxpayers. But these misleadingly ...

With one week until the April 15 federal tax deadline, the IRS has released an "important update" for Direct File, the agency's free tax filing program. Since March 12, the pilot program has been ...

The IRS ended Direct File, the free, online pilot program that nearly 300,000 taxpayers in 25 states used to file returns for tax year 2024. The IRS website for Direct File says “Direct File is closed ...