IRS ends free filing service — Taxpayers still have these alternatives

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has ended the agency’s free service that allowed people to file their taxes directly.

IRS Direct File is gone. This is how you can still file taxes for free

In 2025, nearly 300,000 Americans used a new electronic system to file their taxes directly with the IRS for free. In 2026, ...

IRS Direct File is gone. See other free, low-cost tax filing programs

Several free tax filing options remain available, including IRS Free File, VITA/TCE programs, and services from companies ...
MarketWatch

What the IRS’s new free tax service can — and can’t — do for you

Direct File, the new free online tax-prep program from the IRS, will launch this March in 12 states. If you’re filing taxes on W-2 job wages while claiming some common tax credits and breaks, Direct ...

Where to get free tax help locally this season

Volunteers will help prepare federal, state and local returns at no cost. Schedule your free tax prep appointment starting ...
The Post-Journal

VITA Free Tax Service Now Booking Appointments For County Residents

Volunteers for the VITA program pose here during their recent first session for 2023 tax preparation, held in Jamestown at the Prendergast Library. The federal Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) ...

Neighborhood Improvement Association Offer Free Tax Preparation through VITA Program

The Neighborhood Improvement Association is offering free federal and state tax preparation for the 2026 tax season through ...