2 days ago · As of Monday evening, 18F’s website was still operational, as was the Direct File website. But the digital services agency’s X account was deleted. The IRS announced last year that it will make the free electronic tax return filing system permanent and asked all 50 states and the District of Columbia to help taxpayers file their returns ...

1 day ago · However, 18F, a digital consulting team that worked on Direct File within the General Services Administration (GSA), remains operational, according to its website.

1 day ago · The group he had referred to as "deleted" is 18F, which participated in designing and engineering the web-based tax filing system, not the IRS Direct File platform itself.

2 days ago · Elon Musk creates confusion about IRS' Direct File — but the free tax program is still available. Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk posted on his social media site that he has “deleted” 18F ...

1 day ago · The Direct File pilot, which launched successfully last year, was created by the IRS in collaboration with something called 18F, which is a part of the Technology Transformation Services.

2 days ago · While 18F helped create Direct File, the free filing program is being administered by the IRS, and there is no indication that will change. Even if the team were eliminated, that should not impact ...

2 days ago · As of Monday evening, 18F's website was still operational, as was the Direct File website. But the digital services agency's X account was deleted. RELATED: IRS Direct File program for free online ...

The conclusion of the 2024 tax filing season marks the closure of the Direct File pilot, a year-long effort to study the interest in — and feasibility of — creating a direct e-filing system as a new option for taxpayers to file federal income tax returns.

2 days ago · Musk was responding to a post by an X user who called 18F “far left” and mused that Direct File “puts the government in charge” of preparing people’s taxes. “That group has been ...

2 days ago · The Internal Revenue Service is accepting tax returns for tax season 2025, including through the expanded Direct File program.. Why it matters: There's been some confusion on the status of the free online tax-filing program after Elon Musk posted on X Monday that he had "deleted" 18F, a government technology group behind the IRS Direct File program. The IRS didn't immediately respond to Axios ...