This option makes sense for homeowners, investors, those with side gigs, and anyone whose return goes beyond a simple W-2.

The agency still offers a Free File program that works with commercial tax software firms. Some companies also offer free ...

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 ...

Caren Weiner is the lead editor for consumer finance at Forbes Advisor. During her decades as a personal finance journalist, she has covered mutual funds, taxes, banking and health insurance ...

Millions of Americans can prepare and file their federal income tax returns this month through IRS Free File, the Internal Revenue Service announced Friday. IRS Free File is a program that allows U.S.

A group of U.S. lawmakers introduced legislation Thursday to codify the IRS Direct File program, which the Trump ...

Direct File, the IRS’ free tax filing program, has expanded to limited taxpayers in 25 states for 2024 returns. But the program's future remains uncertain amid pushback from Republicans who will soon ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - JANUARY 03: The U.S. Flag flys above the International Revenue Service headquarters building on January 3, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images) Americans ...