As tax season shifts into high gear, Americans with relatively simple financial pictures will find one less filing option on the menu. For the last two years, the IRS has offered a free in-house ...

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is calling on the U.S. Treasury to reinstate a free tax filing system next year, after President Donald Trump’s administration said it was suspending the program. In a Dec. 3 ...

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The IRS shut down its direct filing program for 2026, but Free File, Fillable Forms, MilTax, and some private tools remain—if you know where to look. Here’s how to navigate the free options still ...

The program allows people in some states with very simple W-2s to calculate and submit their returns directly to the IRS. Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk posted Monday on his social media site that ...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is renewing her push to bring back the IRS’s Direct File program, arguing that a free, government-run tax filing system would save Americans money while reducing reliance on ...

The federal government tested a free, direct online tax-filing program for two years but with the change in administrations shut it down. There are still ways, though, to file your return at no charge ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Coloradans won’t be able to access a free federal online tax return-filing tool this upcoming tax season after the Trump administration halted its rollout, a ...

Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Angus King, I-Maine, are opening an investigation into the Trump administration’s decision to end the Biden-era free online tax filing program, Direct File. They ...