The Internal Revenue Service’s test run at tax preparation this year was an “incredible success,” and now the agency needs to make it a permanent option for people to file their income taxes for free, ...

If the pilot program was widely adopted, it would offer millions of Americans an alternative to working with private tax-prep companies. CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and ...

Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Daniel Werfel said Tuesday that the IRS plans to begin pilot testing a free direct-file online tax preparation program early next tax season with a group of ...

A limited number of taxpayers get to try out the new program before it gets considered for the rest of us. A limited number of taxpayers get to try out the new program before it gets considered for ...

Aimee Picchi is the associate managing editor for CBS MoneyWatch, where she covers business and personal finance. She previously worked at Bloomberg News and has written for national news outlets ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The IRS on Tuesday announced that it would develop an ...

The Internal Revenue Service's Direct File pilot program has expanded beyond internal testing of its free tax preparation system to taxpayers in a dozen states. Processing Content The IRS began ...

The Internal Revenue Service rolled out new details for how select taxpayers will be able to prepare and file their federal income taxes online directly with the IRS for free under a very limited test ...

Tax lingo isn’t always intuitive. To help explain your tax return, WSJ breaks down some key terminology—from gross income to above the line deductions—and explains how each connects to one important ...