The Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS’ Direct File program, an electronic system for filing tax returns directly to the agency for free, according to two people familiar with the decision.
The program developed during Joe Biden’s presidency was credited by users with making tax filing easy, fast and economical.
But Republican lawmakers and commercial tax preparation companies complained it was a waste of taxpayer money because free filing programs already exist, although they are hard to use.
More criminalizing of the poor. Off to the camps with you!
What’s great about this is nothing. I tried to use it last week and the site was down already. It said “for maintenance” but for 3 straight days at the peak of tax season?
Worked great for me, but I did it in March. Saved me hundreds and it was less work for me than gathering records and getting them to HRBlock was in 2024. But yeah, discontinue an already developed program while spending a ghastly amount of money on a military parade honoring a felon traitor.
For fucks sake you cunts! Direct File is the best thing ever.
I’m just going to see how long I can go without actually filing, maybe the country will completely collapse first.
So basically, he wants to ensure there’s no other way we can file our taxes without him being paid for it…
If it looks like a grift, acts like a grift, and smells like a grift,
It’s probably Trump, in a diaper, grifting.
It’ll still be free for me because I’m not filing shit next year
DOGE to the rescue, of course they’d save it right? …right?
I’ve used a few “free” filing programs. You finally get to the end and ready to submit then bam, for some reason you have to pay
I’ve used free tax USA for years. I don’t pay for filing my fed, just my state. But my taxes tend to be pretty simple, so I guess ymmv
Another for freetaxusa, I’ve only ever paid for state filing, and it’s like $15. Worth it. They offer various “services” that naturally cost extra, but they’re all optional. Never had an issue.
You picked the wrong one. I’ve been filing free for years.