IRS overestimated Direct File costs last year by $45 million
A Treasury watchdog report found that the tax agency projected $61.2 million in costs for the free electronic filing tool in fiscal 2025 but spent just $16.2…
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Bill backed by 160 Democrats seeks rebirth of IRS’s Direct File
The legislation would make the free electronic filling tool a permanent program and bar the Treasury secretary from sabotaging it through other agreements.
How to make Tech Force work
A former DHS AI Corps member and federal IT pro lays out a blueprint for how OPM’s new tech recruiting initiative can succeed.
IRS seeks public feedback on tax return options after dismantling Direct File
The anonymous survey emphasizes the high “initial cost to the federal government” of an IRS-run tool vs. programs “paid and operated directly by a tax preparation company.”
Design without privacy is just a cover-up: USDS co-founder’s take on Trump’s EO
A former government technologist lays out a blueprint for how the White House’s federal web design order could actually work.
Direct File died under Trump. Meet the creators planning for its second life
After building the IRS’s free electronic filing tool, the Economic Security Project’s Future of Tax Filing fellows are writing a playbook for it to “come back someday”…
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Trump administration set to end IRS’s Direct File program, per source
The free electronic filing program has been targeted by Senate and House GOP lawmakers and the tax preparation industry since its 2024 launch.
National Taxpayer Advocate calls on Congress to boost IRS modernization funds
Ahead of GOP takeover and calls for cuts to the tax agency, Erin M. Collins asks lawmakers to reallocate enforcement funds to tech system upgrades.
Tax watchdog says IRS hasn’t completed key IPv6 modernization requirements
The agency hasn’t met some federal requirements for the transition to IPv6, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration found.
House Republicans aim to end IRS’s Direct File in 2025 appropriations bill
A GOP policy rider zeroes out funding for government-run tax preparation software, a week after the agency said its free electronic filing program would be made permanent.