After weeks of testing, the IRS’ new government-run free tax filing website is now open to users in 12 states for the remainder of this year’s tax season.
of Direct File Websitethe Biden administration’s effort to test free competitors to commercial software like Intuit’s TurboTax, is debuting in the middle of tax season, when more than two-thirds of all households have yet to file a return. .
Starting Monday, taxpayers who reside in participating states and have sufficiently simple tax status will be able to create an account and file taxes on the site at any time, the IRS said in an announcement. For this year, Direct File excludes some groups of taxpayers, such as the self-employed and taxpayers with annual wages of more than $200,000.
The Direct File site tests the concept of government-run tax filing.After Congress approves the study in 2022 And the IRS quickly moved to set up a website, making the program available for the first time last month to government employees who wanted to try it out voluntarily, and then offering several short test periods to curious taxpayers. it was done.
The IRS says Direct File will remain open, but the site could be temporarily shut down if too many users access it on a single day during the first week.
The Direct File site is open to taxpayers in Arizona, California, Florida, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming.
