Over 250,000 Americans filed their taxes for free with the Internal Revenue Service last year, using the IRS Direct File ...

In 2025, nearly 300,000 Americans used a new electronic system to file their taxes directly with the IRS for free. In 2026, ...

The IRS Direct File tool won't be available for the upcoming tax filing season. Here are a few free resources if you want ...

Although Direct File will no longer be available in 2026, there are still numerous online tools and apps that offer free tax ...

NEW YORK -- As the tax filing season gets underway, taxpayers in some states will have a new way to file online available to them in "the coming days," the IRS said this week. Direct File, the free ...

Part of a 1040 U.S. Individual Income Tax Return form is shown July 24, 2018, in New York. (File photo by Mark Lennihan/Associated Press) California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a consumer alert ...

The deadline for employers to provide employees with W-2 forms is January 31, according to the Social Security Administration ...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) should want to make it as easy as possible to file your income tax return, right? After all, they want everyone to do it — and do it on time. That was the thinking ...

The IRS will announce the opening of the 2026 tax season in the coming days. Here's what you need to know beforehand.