Prepare for the 2026 tax season. Find key deadlines, including the expected April 15 filing date, and learn why the IRS is ...

The 2026 tax filing season is shaping up to look very different from recent years. Early projections suggest millions of ...

Taxpayers have long awaited ways to expedite their refunds, especially during times when budgets are tighter due to inflation ...

A direct path to the IRS threatened a powerful player in tax prep. Now the project is gone. The Watchdog explains how—and why ...

The IRS Direct File program is no longer available. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Economic Security Project) We knew that it was coming, but now we know for sure: Direct File, the free ...

The IRS said it will begin accepting tax returns on Jan. 27, although it also opened its Free File service on Jan. 10. The IRS Free File program, which is offered through tax software companies, is ...

President Donald Trump is promising that the coming filing season will deliver the biggest tax refunds Americans have ever ...

As 2025 comes to an end, it's time for working individuals and families to start preparing for the 2026 tax filing season. One of the most significant and often overlooked tax benefits is the Earned ...

Tax officials are quietly preparing Americans for a 2026 filing season that will look very different from the past few years, ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The IRS is recommitting to its decades-old partnership with tax prep companies as the main option for Americans to file their taxes ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. On January 16, the Internal Revenue Service flipped the switch to begin accepting electronically ...