The 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act' (OBBBA), signed into law on July 4, 2025, by President Trump, marks the end of the IRS's free tax filing programs. This includes the termination of the IRS Direct File ...

The survey is clearly unscientific: there’s no limit to how many times users can take it, and the IRS makes zero effort to ...

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The Oregon Department of Revenue offered the free federal tax-filing software, Direct File, to taxpayers in 2025. (Courtesy of the Oregon Department of Revenue) Oregon’s Department of Revenue is ...

The Trump administration plans to kill the free tax filing program operated by the Internal Revenue Service, the Associated Press reported today, citing two anonymous sources. The IRS launched Direct ...

(The Hill) — The IRS is mulling a massive transformation to the way Americans file their taxes. As Americans prepare for the upcoming filing deadline, the IRS is studying how it could build its own ...

We rate the best tax software solutions — from budget-friendly options for straightforward returns to feature-rich platforms for more complex situations — to help simplify the 2025 tax season.