Defector | The last good website. [Unofficial]Free, Easy, Dead: The Difficult Birth And Predictable Death Of IRS Direct File
fmdAnyone got their mystery CP53E notice from the IRS yet? They now want to force you to use id.ME to force you to provide your bank details online to receive a refund via direct deposit, or wait a few months for a paper check.
I'll use the IRS online account via login.gov, but id.Me is not happening.
Until #directfile is back, it's paper and snail mail.
Bohemian PeasantActually, ending Direct File cost US #taxpayers approximately $23 BILLION per year.
In the two years it was available, Direct File achieved a 98% satisfaction rating.
New Treasury Report Shows Trump Administration Officially Kills Popular Direct File Tool as a Favor to Tax Prep Industry - Economic Security Project
Washington, D.C. – In a quietly posted Treasury Department report to Congress, and subsequent emails from IRS officials to state tax officials as reported by TaxNotes and NextGov, the Trump Administration confirms the suspension of the popular IRS Direct File program. The same report identifies ways to incentivize and enrich the already wealthy private tax…
Bring back Direct File and save Americans millions of $ in tax preparation fees!
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kill-switch/id1449757372?i=1000760204402
NorthwestProgressiveInstituteNPI and 114 fellow organizations team up with Senator Elizabeth Warren, Representative Brad Sherman to introduce Direct File Act
We believe that Americans should be able to file their federal taxes online directly with the IRS for free, instead of being forced to use tax preparation services from Intuit or H&R Block. New legislation would ensure they could.
NPI and 114 fellow organizations team up with Senator Elizabeth Warren, Representative Brad Sherman to introduce Direct File Act - NPI's Cascadia Advocate
We believe that Americans should be able to file their federal taxes online directly with the IRS for free, instead of being forced to use tax preparation services from Intuit or H&R Block. New legislation would ensure they could.
Nonilex#IRS Direct File, the electronic system for filing #tax returns for #free, will not be offered next year, the #Trump admin has confirmed.
An email sent Monday from IRS official Cynthia Noe to state comptrollers that participate in the #DirectFile program said that “IRS Direct File will not be available in Filing Season 2026. No launch date has been set for the future.”
The program developed during #Biden’s presidency was credited by users with making tax filing easy, fast & economical.
Techdirt [Unofficial]IRS Notifies States There Will Be No Direct File Program For 2026
gtbarryIRS Makes Direct File Software Open Source After Trump Tried to Kill It
Direct File, the Internal Revenue Service’s long-promised free tax filing software, might be at risk of being killed off by the Trump administration
The IRS published most of the code for its Direct File on GitHub, making it open source and available for others, much to the chagrin of tax lobbyists everywhere.
#IRS #taxes #opensource #software #github #DirectFile #technology #tech #bureaucracy
The fate of the #DirectFile program, the #free electronic #tax return filing system developed during President #Biden’s #Democratic admin, is also unclear. #Republican lawmakers & commercial tax preparation companies had complained it was a waste of #taxpayer money because free filing programs already exist, although they are hard to use. #BillyLong said during his confirmation hearing that it would be one of the first programs that come up for discussion if he were confirmed.
#law #fraud #Trump
#law #fraud #Trump
Free Software Foundation#IRS #DirectFile getting released as #FreeSoftware is a big win for free software advocates: https://u.fsf.org/47a
