The Federal Trade Commission ruled in a final order and opinion Monday that TurboTax, the popular tax filing software, engaged in deceptive advertising and banned the company from advertising its ...

A direct path to the IRS threatened a powerful player in tax prep. Now the project is gone. The Watchdog explains how—and why ...

The IRS's free Direct File program — a new initiative that allowed taxpayers to complete their taxes using free, guided tax software approved by the federal agency — is no more, following a push by ...

Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, who served under President Bill Clinton, claimed in a tweet Wednesday that the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) “free tax filing tool is reportedly ‘gone.’ This ...

The for-profit tax filing industry, including the pure evil company TurboTax, will not get a long-sought deal with the IRS that would give the industry exclusive rights to develop tax filing software ...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has officially discontinued its free Direct File program, a move that could reshape how millions of Americans file their taxes. Once promoted as a major step toward ...

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IRS head says Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill has axed the free program. Credit: Annabelle Gordon / Contributor / The Washington Post via Getty Images The IRS's free Direct File program — a new initiative ...