If you're among the millions of people personal finance resource NerdWallet reported using a free filing system to file income tax returns, you now have one less official option for tax season 2026.

A free way to file taxes directly with the IRS has been eliminated, leaving Americans with one fewer way to file in 2026.

A venerable IRS program called Free File allows 70% of taxpayers to file their taxes for free, just as the name implies. Only 2% of taxpayers used the service in 2024. That is the finding of a ...

The Internal Revenue Service vastly overstated the projected costs of operating the Direct File free tax preparation program before terminating it for this tax season, according to a new report.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A U.S. Individual Income Tax Return Form 1040 sits on a desk alongside a pencil, a smartphone calculator, and cash. Photo: Sarah ...

Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Angus King, I-Maine, are opening an investigation into the Trump administration’s decision to end the Biden-era free online tax filing program, Direct File. They ...

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 ...

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When it comes to their federal income tax returns, tens of millions of U.S. households pay for tax preparation and filing. Yet many might qualify to do so for free through IRS-approved programs.So why ...