The Internal Revenue Service’s test run at tax preparation this year was an “incredible success,” and now the agency needs to make it a permanent option for people to file their income taxes for free, ...

If the pilot program was widely adopted, it would offer millions of Americans an alternative to working with private tax-prep companies. CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and ...

A limited number of taxpayers get to try out the new program before it gets considered for the rest of us. A limited number of taxpayers get to try out the new program before it gets considered for ...

The IRS is working on its own version of a free electronic tax-filing system that could compete with tax-prep programs from the likes of Intuit's TurboTax and H&R Block. The agency is rolling out a ...

TaxAct has four different versions. TaxAct Free supports taxpayers who need only to report W-2 income, dependents, ...

Aimee Picchi is the associate managing editor for CBS MoneyWatch, where she covers business and personal finance. She previously worked at Bloomberg News and has written for national news outlets ...

The IRS is developing a system that would let taxpayers send electronic returns directly to the government for free, sidestepping commercial options such as TurboTax. The agency plans a pilot test of ...

The Internal Revenue Service rolled out new details for how select taxpayers will be able to prepare and file their federal income taxes online directly with the IRS for free under a very limited test ...

The Internal Revenue Service's Direct File pilot program has expanded beyond internal testing of its free tax preparation system to taxpayers in a dozen states. The IRS began internal pilot testing of ...