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

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

The Trump administration has decided not to offer the IRS' electronic tax filing system for free next year, and its future is ...

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 ...

This easy tax filing system, which was previously provided through the IRS, will no longer be available to filers in 2026 ...

The IRS cited low usage and high costs as reasons for shuttering the program, which began during the previous administration.

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

Direct File, the free, government-provided alternative to services like TurboTax, won't be available for the 2026 tax season, ...

Direct File, the free tax filing tool offered by the Internal Revenue Service, won't be an option for taxpayers next year.

IRS Commissioner Bill Long—who Trump later fired—also indicated that the Direct File program had been scuttled. "You’ve hea ...

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

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