Although Direct File will no longer be available in 2026, there are still numerous online tools and apps that offer free tax ...

You can get 100% free federal and state tax filing with Cash App Taxes. But this no-frills, no feature, no expert support ...

A direct path to the IRS threatened a powerful player in tax prep. Now the project is gone. The Watchdog explains how—and why ...

KEY TAKEAWAYS Taxpayers can use free tax software programs to estimate how much tax bill for 2025 will be and can try to offset how much they owe by taking advantage of some tax breaks before the year ...

The Internal Revenue Service has halted a popular service that once provided a free option for taxpayers to file their taxes ...

Rumors of the demise of the free IRS tax filing software Direct File have been circulating since Tax Day 2025. On Monday, the IRS officially ended the program, at least for 2026. In a letter to 25 ...

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In 2020, nearly 170 million individual tax returns were filed by Americans — and 153 million of those were filed electronically. Although all taxpayers must file a return and pay what they owe, ...