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April 16, 2025 |  By: Associated Press

Plans for elimination of IRS' Direct File program

The Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS' Direct
File program. That's the electronic system for filing tax returns directly to
the agency for free. Word about the decision comes from two people familiar with
the move who weren't authorized to publicly discuss the plans and spoke to The
Associated Press on condition of anonymity. The program was developed during
Joe Biden's presidency. Users credited it with making tax filing easy, fast and
economical. But Republican lawmakers and commercial tax preparation companies
complained the program was a waste of taxpayer money because free filing
programs already exist, although they're hard to use.