GET THE FACTS: Direct File in 2025 IRS Direct File stands as the most significant technological advancement by the IRS in generations. Over the last two years, hundreds of thousands of taxpayers have successfully used IRS Direct File, saving taxpayers tens of millions in time and filing fees. The tool should be here to stay.
Direct File Pilot was a Success The pilot empowered taxpayers with simple returns to file safely and securely online, directly with the IRS for free for the first time in history. The program attracted overwhelming public support from the beginning with over 4 in 5 Americans backing an IRS-led free filing option. The main goal of this year’s pilot was to ensure that the technology and user experience worked well, and it passed that test with flying colors. The pilot’s phased rollout, which is in line with tech industry best practices, turned the page on the government tech meltdowns of the past by delivering a stable user-friendly tax filing option that met taxpayers where they are with a mobile-first bilingual tool.
All 50 States Are Invited to Opt Into Direct File In 2025, more than 30 million taxpayers in those 24 states will be eligible to use Direct File. In addition to doubling the number of states where Direct File will be available, the service will also cover a wider range of tax situations for the 2025 filing season.
How Defunding The IRS Pads Wealthy Tax Cheats’ Pockets House conservatives have spent the better part of this year attacking IRS funding that ensures wealthy Americans pay what they owe. If Congress gives in to wealthy tax cheats and their conservative friends by going back on the promise of the Inflation Reduction Act to finally narrow the tax gap, we could allow tax cheats to keep nearly $1.1 trillion in their pockets.
2024 Direct File State Tax Support, Explained In 2024, for the first time, eligible taxpayers in 13 states will be able to file their federal tax returns directly with the IRS, for free. If they have state filing obligations, these Direct File taxpayers will be able to seamlessly file their state returns, too, through state-sponsored partner software. This document summarizes the known details of the state filing implementations.
The Direct File Pilot Explained On October 17, the IRS announced further details of the 2024 pilot launch of Direct File, the first free, public federal tax e-filing tool in U.S. history. That Direct File will launch in early 2024, just eight short months after the project was first announced, is a triumph for modern digital government, and sets the standard of an agile and successful product.
Dispelling American Coalition for Taxpayer Rights’ Myths About IRS Direct File On September 12, 2023, The American Coalition for Taxpayer Rights, sent a letter to Senator Warren and Representative Porter about statements made in support of the IRS Direct File pilot. Much of the letter’s “facts” are based on speculation about how the tool will function and a severe misunderstanding of the nature of iterative pilot programs. The following document dispels several myths proposed in the letter with what is currently known about the Direct File Pilot.
65,546 Americans Petition IRS in Favor of Free File Americans should not have to pay profit-hungry companies in order to use a program to file taxes online. Thank you for developing a free alternative. I encourage you to make this software broadly available as soon as possible so that everyone will have a public option for electronic tax filing.
Dispelling Myths About Free File The IRS has announced a path forward for developing a true free file system. The announcement is both popular and long overdue. Despite this, a number of myths persist around IRS free file and what it could mean for tax filers.
Why the Tax Filing System is Broken Americans spend 1.7 billion hours and $31 billion annually to file their taxes, even though the overwhelming majority should be able to file in mere minutes and for free. Millions more find it too hard or expensive to file taxes at all, including over five million households who qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) but do not receive it.
How Families of Color Benefit from Direct File The IRS has the data needed to create a free and simplified tax filing tool, which would take the cost and headache out of tax filing for millions. By creating a system that dramatically increases access to free tax filing, the IRS has the power to ensure more households of color get the refunds and credits they deserve.
IRS – One Year Since the IRA After years of chronic underfunding, the IRA allocated critical new resources to the IRS in order to improve customer service, simplify tax filing easier, and make sure wealthy tax cheats pay their legal share.
203 Groups Support Free File Dear Commissioner Werfel, We write to thank you for the hard work of the IRS in developing the report to Congress on an IRS-run direct tax filing system and commend…
