The IRS will make permanent the free electronic tax return filing system that it experimented with this year.

The IRS said Thursday it will make permanent the free electronic tax return filing system that it experimented with this year and is asking all 50 states and the District of Columbia to help taxpayers file their returns through the program in 2025.

The IRS tried the Direct File project for the 2024 tax season on a limited basis in 12 states for people with very simple W-2s, the employee’s wage and tax statement.

The agency also is inviting all states with a state income tax to sign up and help people file their state returns for free. During the 2024 pilot, tax agencies in Arizona, Massachusetts, California and New York helped people directly file their state taxes.

  • @phoneymouse@lemmy.world
    16•7 months ago

    I hope it will be free to all filers. As all filers are tax payers, not just people who make under $50k a year, or whatever previous limits they had on fillable forms.

    • @4am@lemm.ee
      6•7 months ago

      I think the limit was more about which forms were available in the app, and above a certain income it was likely unavailable forms would be more commonly needed.

      Here’s hoping that they plan on expanding the library of forms available!