Momentum is growing to create a tax filing system that will allow people to easily file their tax returns at no cost. (Getty Images) Barely had tax season come to a close when we were reminded — in ...

Free File is a program that allows the majority of taxpayers to file their federal income tax returns for free through participating software companies. But the service remains woefully underused.

When the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) arrived at the Internal Revenue Service earlier this year, leaders of the group reassured workers that the agency’s free tax filing tool, ...

The IRS Direct File program is popular and efficient. DOGE may get rid of it anyway Musk sowed confusion about the fate of the popular IRS tool after saying he "deleted" 18F, the agency that worked on ...