Trump Admin Plans To End The IRS Direct File Program For Free Tax Filing, AP Reports
damn damn damn. I have used this program several times. It is simple to use.
I know some private companies have a free program to file simple tax reforms but I why give your information out to a private company when the IRS has the same thing!!
Trump Admin Plans To End The IRS Direct File Program For Free Tax Filing, AP Reports
The Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS’s Direct File program.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/irs-direct-file-trump-eliminate_n_6800001fe4b0485a7732b212
FATIMA HUSSEIN Apr 16, 2025, 03:09 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS’s Direct File program, an electronic system for filing tax returns directly to the agency for free, according to two people familiar with the decision.
The program developed during Joe Biden’s presidency was credited by users with making tax filing easy, fast and economical. But Republican lawmakers and commercial tax preparation companies complained it was a waste of taxpayer money because free filing programs already exist, although they are hard to use.
The program had been in limbo since the start of the Trump administration as Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency have slashed their way through the federal government. Musk posted in February on his social media site, X, that he had “deleted” 18F, a government agency that worked on technology projects such as Direct File.
There was some hope that Musk, with his DOGE team of savvy computer programmers, could take over Direct File and improve it. But the two people familiar with the decision to end Direct File said its future became clear when the IRS staff assigned to the program were told in mid-March to stop working on its development for the 2026 tax filing season.................................
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