On the heels of Tax Day in the United States, The Associated Pressreported Wednesday that the Trump administration plans to end Direct File, a free electronic program for filing tax returns to the Internal Revenue Service, citing two unnamed sources familiar with the decision. But the two people familiar with the decision to end Direct File said its future became clear when the IRS staff assigned to the program were told in mid-March to stop working on its development for the 2026 tax filing season. Public Citizen was among the organizations that responded to the reporting on Wednesday by blasting the Trump administration for "taking money out of the pockets of working people and giving it away to their Big Business and tech bro buddies."
Author: Jessica Corbett
Published at: 2025-04-16 21:42:57
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