The Internal Revenue Service’s test run at tax preparation this year was an “incredible success,” and now the agency needs to make it a permanent option for people to file their income taxes for free, ...

If the pilot program was widely adopted, it would offer millions of Americans an alternative to working with private tax-prep companies. CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and ...

A limited number of taxpayers get to try out the new program before it gets considered for the rest of us. A limited number of taxpayers get to try out the new program before it gets considered for ...

The IRS is working on its own version of a free electronic tax-filing system that could compete with tax-prep programs from the likes of Intuit's TurboTax and H&R Block. The agency is rolling out a ...

Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Daniel Werfel said Tuesday that the IRS plans to begin pilot testing a free direct-file online tax preparation program early next tax season with a group of ...

Tax lingo isn’t always intuitive. To help explain your tax return, WSJ breaks down some key terminology—from gross income to above the line deductions—and explains how each connects to one important ...

(The Hill) — The IRS announced Tuesday it will launch a test run of a direct, free online tax-filing system for the 2024 tax season, citing high levels of taxpayer interest in such a system and ...

The Internal Revenue Service rolled out new details for how select taxpayers will be able to prepare and file their federal income taxes online directly with the IRS for free under a very limited test ...

The Internal Revenue Service's Direct File pilot program has expanded beyond internal testing of its free tax preparation system to taxpayers in a dozen states. The IRS began internal pilot testing of ...

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Individual taxpayers spend on average $140 preparing their taxes each year. The Internal Revenue Service is planning to test a program that could cut those costs significantly. After nine months of ...

Joe Raedle / Getty Images The IRS is developing a system that would let taxpayers send electronic returns directly to the government for free, sidestepping commercial options such as TurboTax. The ...