The IRS is expanding who can file for free with the government for the 2025 tax filing season, doubling the number of states that can participate.
Direct File, the government’s free electronic filing software launched this year after the Democrats’ 2022 tax-and-climate law, is now a permanent option. It will be open to 30 million taxpayers at the start of the next filing season.
Its creation has disrupted the tax-prep software industry, which has lobbied for decades against development of such a tool. Republicans in Congress and tax-prep companies argue Direct File is unnecessary and duplicative of free public and ...
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