The IRS has faced intense blowback to Direct File from private tax preparation companies that have made billions from ...

Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk posted on his social media site that he has “deleted” 18F, a government agency that worked ...

Elon Musk, head of the chaos-causing Department of Government Efficiency, made an assertion this week that raised questions ...

Elon Musk posted that the IRS Direct File group had been "deleted," prompting confusion about the free tax prep service's future.

But Direct File continued to be up and running at IRS.gov as of Tuesday. More on that to follow. All volunteers with these programs who prepare income tax returns must take and pass tax law ...

Direct File is a new IRS program that allows millions of Americans with uncomplicated taxes to file returns at no cost. Piloted in a dozen states last year, Direct File expanded to 25 states ...

While Musk’s tweet may have intimated that the group of workers had been eliminated, an individual with knowledge of the IRS workforce said the Direct File program was still accepting tax returns.

There was widespread confusion after the Tesla CEO claimed the program, which allows Americans to file their taxes straight to the IRS, had been "deleted." Thomas is a native of upstate New York ...

Tax filing season is underway and so is the search for free options to file for your refund, such as IRS Direct File … or not, since Elon Musk said he deleted the program earlier this week.