IRS to Test Free Tax Filing Service in 2024

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The IRS has announced that it will be testing a new service in 2024 that will allow taxpayers to electronically file their taxes directly with the agency at no cost. Direct File, as the new service is called, will be available to select taxpayers in as many as 13 states, including Arizona, California, Massachusetts, and New York, according to a press release that the IRS shared today describing the "innovative" project, said to be a mobile-friendly, interview-based service that will work as well on a mobile phone as it does on a laptop, tablet, or desktop PC. Turbotax, H&R Block, and other paid tax prep services are presumably not amused.

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