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

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The Internal Revenue Service has halted a popular service that once provided a free option for taxpayers to file their taxes ...

The Federal Trade Commission ruled in a final order and opinion Monday that TurboTax, the popular tax filing software, engaged in deceptive advertising and banned the company from advertising its ...

This week, we reported on how TurboTax uses deceptive design and misleading advertising to trick lower-income Americans into paying to file their taxes, even though they are eligible to do it for free ...

Senator Warren blames Trump policies for tax-prep companies raising prices and profiting off taxpayers. Government-run Direct ...

The IRS's free Direct File program — a new initiative that allowed taxpayers to complete their taxes using free, guided tax software approved by the federal agency — is no more, following a push by ...

Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, who served under President Bill Clinton, claimed in a tweet Wednesday that the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) “free tax filing tool is reportedly ‘gone.’ This ...

Every year, millions of Americans file their taxes as early as possible because they’re counting on their tax refund to cover essential expenses — rent, car repairs, holiday bills, or simply catching ...

In 2020, nearly 170 million individual tax returns were filed by Americans — and 153 million of those were filed electronically. Although all taxpayers must file a return and pay what they owe, ...