The end of free tax filing, briefly explained

The facade of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, DC, on May 18, 2025. | Wesley Lapointe for the Washington Post via Getty Images

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Welcome to The Logoff: The Trump administration has killed a short-lived IRS program designed to make filing tax returns fast and free.

What happened? The fate of IRS Direct File, which was introduced as a pilot program in 2024, has been in question since earlier this year, when it became a........

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