The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has ended the agency’s free service that allowed people to file their taxes directly.
In 2025, nearly 300,000 Americans used a new electronic system to file their taxes directly with the IRS for free. In 2026, ...
IRS Direct File, a free online system for filing federal taxes, has been scrapped for 2026. Almost 300,000 people used IRS ...
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 ...
Free tax software is elusive. The biggest tax companies tend to keep their free options hidden, while companies that ...
The IRS Direct File program is no longer available. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Economic Security Project) We knew that it was coming, but now we know for sure: Direct File, the free ...