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BumRushDaShow

(141,447 posts)
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 06:45 PM Oct 4

IRS expands free Direct File program to 12 new states

Source: Mashable

October 4, 2024


The Internal Revenue Service's free tax filing program, Direct File, will be open to residents of 12 new states for the 2025 tax return season.

Those states are Alaska, Connecticut, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, according to an IRS announcement. They join 12 states — Arizona, California, Florida, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington State and Wyoming — that participated in the program this year, expanding Direct File access to more than 30 million taxpayers nationwide. The remaining 26 states not part of Direct File have not yet opted into the program.

Direct File allows eligible taxpayers the opportunity to file their taxes directly with the IRS, using software built by the agency. Direct File works on mobile phones, laptops, tablets, and desktop computers.

The IRS is also enhancing Direct File for the 2025 tax season by adding a chatbot to guide taxpayers through the agency's eligibility checker and covering new tax situations.

Read more: https://mashable.com/article/irs-direct-file-expansion



Link to IRS NEWS RELEASE - IRS Direct File set to expand availability in a dozen new states and cover wider range of tax situations for the 2025 tax filing season

Yay Pennsylvania!!!
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IRS expands free Direct File program to 12 new states (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Oct 4 OP
Bookmarked and thanks. Deuxcents Oct 4 #1
Meanwhile, in Virginia . . . AverageOldGuy Oct 4 #2
Oh look, Indiana isn't on the list. Chellee Oct 4 #3
"I love living in a red state." BumRushDaShow Oct 5 #5
Well, no surprise, neither is Arkansas WhiteTara Oct 4 #4
Bookmarking TurboDem Oct 5 #6

AverageOldGuy

(1,991 posts)
2. Meanwhile, in Virginia . . .
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 07:23 PM
Oct 4

. . . the Republican asshole governor has barred the IRS from making Direct File available in Virginia.

He spent a career at the Carlyle Group. I suspect Carlyle owns a lot of stock in the companies such as Turbo Tax, who have an vested interest in keeping Direct File from being used.

Chellee

(2,207 posts)
3. Oh look, Indiana isn't on the list.
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 09:16 PM
Oct 4

Who could have predicted that? Who?!? I ask you.

I love living in a red state.

BumRushDaShow

(141,447 posts)
5. "I love living in a red state."
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 05:25 AM
Oct 5

And to think the Bayh family once ran the place and Obama even won the state in 2008!

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