IRS Free File, which offers free guided tax preparation for lower-income taxpayers and free electronic fillable forms for all ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The official start of tax season isn't until Jan. 26, but the IRS is already accepting individual tax returns to be processed ...

Though IRS Direct File was discontinued before this tax filing season, there are other options to file your taxes online for free. If you're looking to file your 2025 tax returns online for free, you ...

The IRS has removed its free Direct File option for taxes. Most taxpayers can use the official Free File program. There are several other ways to file taxes for no charge. Tax filing season officially ...

Taxpayers can avail themselves of in-person or online tax prep assistance or use free versions of commercial software from such brands as TaxAct and TaxSlayer. They must earn no more than $89,000 a ...

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 ...

U.S. taxpayers preparing to file returns for 2025 — deadline April 15, 2026 — have one fewer free option this year. Direct File, used by 300,000 people last year, has been discontinued, with Treasury ...

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

Rep. Bill Foster, D-Illinois, introduced legislation that would create a voluntary tax filing program enabling taxpayers to use a secure IRS website to download a tax form that's already automatically ...

The 2026 tax filing season is in full swing at the IRS ahead of Wednesday’s filing deadline. And although doing one’s taxes is a near-universally dreaded task, there is a glimmer of good news: It ...