The IRS cited low usage and high costs as reasons for shuttering the program, which began during the previous administration.
Over two dozen states incorporated the free tax software in 2025, but the IRS has decided to discontinue the program.
The Trump administration has decided not to offer the IRS' electronic tax filing system for free next year, and its future is unclear.
IRS Commissioner Bill Long—who Trump later fired—also indicated that the Direct File program had been scuttled. "You’ve hea ...
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