The remaining nine companies that partner with the IRS to provide a free tax-filing service will continue to do so, despite H&R Block Inc.'s decision to leave the program.
Under the Free File program, the IRS and a group of private tax preparation companies, known as the Free File Alliance, offer free online tax preparation and electronic filing to individuals with incomes of $69,000 or less. H&R Block has been a part of that alliance for almost two decades, alongside other well-known companies such as Intuit Inc., the maker of TurboTax.
H&R Block will exit the program ...