The IRS Direct File tool won't be available for the upcoming tax filing season. Here are a few free resources if you want help filing your taxes.

The 2022 tax season is nearing its filing deadline — extended this year from April 15 to April 18. As the clock ticks closer, the usual time-constrained anxiety to submit the proper paperwork to the ...

Text Callout : Key Takeaways - (Feb '25) How to File Taxes for Free The start of a new year also means the start of a new tax season. If you want to minimize the filing cost this year, you're in the ...

For the past six years, Milagros Melendez, a 72-year-old retired home-care worker, has filed her taxes digitally with the help of volunteer tax professionals in an immigrant-assistance program. The ...

IRS Free File is one way in which taxpayers can file their returns and payments with the federal tax service free of charge. Usually, private tax preparers charge fees on some or all of their services ...

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Filing IRS Form 4868 gives you an automatic six-month extension to file your tax return. You can request an extension for free, but you still need to pay taxes owed by Tax Day. Many, or all, of the ...

We're quickly coming up on the last day to file federal income taxes. The IRS expects more than 140 million individual returns by April 15, 2025, but, as of March 28, 2025, has only received about ...

The 2025 tax filing season is in full swing at the IRS. And although doing one’s taxes is a near-universally dreaded task, there is a glimmer of good news: It doesn’t have to be expensive. The IRS has ...

Every year, Americans spend upwards of $11 billion on tax-preparation services. For most taxpayers, that's money down the drain. So with this year's tax filing deadline arriving on Tuesday, it's worth ...

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