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.”

A former government technologist lays out a blueprint for how the White House’s federal web design order could actually work.

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”…

The free electronic filing program has been targeted by Senate and House GOP lawmakers and the tax preparation industry since its 2024 launch.

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.

The agency hasn’t met some federal requirements for the transition to IPv6, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration found.

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.

The 2024 free electronic filing pilot program will continue indefinitely, “inviting all states” to participate next tax season.

With IRA funds set to run out in FY2026, the tax agency says it will have to pare back its digitization efforts absent additional appropriations.

Commissioner Danny Werfel said an announcement on the electronic filing program’s future will come later this spring.