The online IRS free tax filing service is set to open in 25 states a week after Trump’s inauguration. Some Republicans have asked Trump to gut the service, and tax prep companies accelerated their lobbying efforts as the IRS built and then launched Direct File as a pilot last tax season, according to reporting by Open Secrets.
“I will commit that for this tax season … Direct File will be operative,” Bessent said when asked about the program’s future during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday. “If confirmed, I will consult and study the program and understand it better and make sure that it works to serve the IRS’ three goals of collections, customer service and privacy.”
“I appreciate the answer,” said Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the Finance panel's top Democrat. Yesterday, he and over 130 other Democrats penned a letter to Bessent and the IRS commissioner-designate, Billy Long, asking them to keep and expand the program.
“It’s absurd that Americans get charged huge amounts of money to file their taxes every year,” Wyden said, adding that Direct File is “a free option that allows taxpayers to file their returns directly to the IRS — no software middleman picking t ..
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