Direct File was piloted last year in 12 states and has since expanded to 25. But some wonder whether the program will last ...

The original X post, which Musk was responding to, said 18F built the "Direct File" service that “puts the government in charge of preparing peoples (sic) tax returns for them.” The Instagram ...

With the tax deadline fast approaching, the future of the IRS Direct File program—a free tax filing service—remains uncertain as Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) reassess ...

In its apparent quest to cut government spending and improve efficiency, DOGE has fired entire tech teams devoted to those very things.

Employees at the federal tech unit 18F say that their role in preventing overspending put a Musk-sized target on their back.

Musk posted on X (formerly Twitter) that he had “deleted” 18F, the group responsible for creating the IRS Direct File program. That caused some users on social media to incorrectly report that ...

Musk posted last month on his social media site that he had "deleted" 18F, a government agency that worked on technology projects such as the IRS' Direct File program. This led to some confusion ...

Musk posted last month on his social media site that he had “deleted” 18F, a government agency that worked on technology projects such as the IRS’ Direct File program. This led to some ...

The Internal Revenue Service's Direct File free tax prep program is attracting interest this tax season, according to a new report, but lack of familiarity and budget cuts at the IRS may doom it for ...

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — Mia Francis, a 22-year-old barista from Boston, filed her taxes on her own this year for the first time, using a free government tax filing program that made it easy ...