Direct File was launched as a pilot program in 2024. It allowed eligible taxpayers in a limited number of states to file their federal returns directly with the IRS at no cost. The program was ...

Direct File, the Internal Revenue Service’s long-promised free tax filing software, might be at risk of being killed off by the Trump administration, but the code that made the service possible will ...

For every yin, there’s a yang; for every action, a reaction; and for every piece of proprietary software, there’s an open source alternative. Or something like that. There are potential downsides to ...