The Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS’ Direct File program, an electronic system for filing tax returns directly to the agency for free, according to two people familiar with the decision.
The program developed during Joe Biden’s presidency was credited by users with making tax filing easy, fast and economical.
But Republican lawmakers and commercial tax preparation companies complained it was a waste of taxpayer money because free filing programs already exist, although they are hard to use.
More criminalizing of the poor. Off to the camps with you!
What’s great about this is nothing. I tried to use it last week and the site was down already. It said “for maintenance” but for 3 straight days at the peak of tax season?
Worked great for me, but I did it in March. Saved me hundreds and it was less work for me than gathering records and getting them to HRBlock was in 2024. But yeah, discontinue an already developed program while spending a ghastly amount of money on a military parade honoring a felon traitor.
So basically, he wants to ensure there’s no other way we can file our taxes without him being paid for it…
If it looks like a grift, acts like a grift, and smells like a grift,
It’s probably Trump, in a diaper, grifting.
For fucks sake you cunts! Direct File is the best thing ever.
If we actually cared about government waste in the US, we would go after the insurance and tax prep companies. Fucking leaches on society. They only exist to siphon money from people.
It’ll still be free for me because I’m not filing shit next year
How much money has H&R Block put in trump’s pocket?
Just stop paying taxes and filing for returns. If you are employed, go to your HR office and tell them you want to change your W4 for federal taxes to Exempt. Set up withholding allowance to zero. You will no longer be paying income tax from each check. Only social security and medicaid will still be taken. Then just stop filing for a tax return. If they want your money, they need a warrant.
What kind of SovCit crap is this?
The IRS doesn’t need a warrant to issue a levy. And once they do, they’ll garnish your wages, can take money from your bank/retirement accounts, and can seize and auction your personal property including vehicles and real estate.
They do what you let them do. No more and no less. You have no rights you aren’t willing to fight for.
I’ve used a few “free” filing programs. You finally get to the end and ready to submit then bam, for some reason you have to pay
I’ve used free tax USA for years. I don’t pay for filing my fed, just my state. But my taxes tend to be pretty simple, so I guess ymmv
You picked the wrong one. I’ve been filing free for years.
DOGE to the rescue, of course they’d save it right? …right?
