Only 2% of federal income tax returns were filed through Free File, despite 70% of filers qualifying. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who ...

Garrard Conley was enrolled in the now defunct Love in Action conversion therapy program in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 19. He was sent there by his parents after a classmate disclosed his sexual ...

Free File is not Direct File, which the IRS has discontinued for the 2026 tax season. This tax season, according to the IRS, eight private-sector partners are offering guided tax software products ...

The Internal Revenue Service announced it would be opening up submissions of certain tax returns through its IRS Free File program for 2026. The IRS Free File program began accepting individual tax ...

Even though the tax agency's free pilot program is no longer available, there are other free tax filing options this season. Robin Hartill Robin Hartill is a Florida-based Certified Financial Planner ...

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 option. Details are limited, but the IRS has confirmed the program launched ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ed Rhee, a freelance writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area, is an IT veteran turned stay-at-home-dad of two girls. He focuses on Android devices and applications while maintaining a review blog ...