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Registration is open for Colorado's tuition-free preschool program for the 2026-27 school year. The program provides up to 15 hours of free preschool per week for children in the year before ...

The Internal Revenue Service has halted a popular service that once provided a free option for taxpayers to file their taxes directly with the IRS. The program, Direct File, was launched by the U.S.

The Watchdog investigates why the IRS ended its Direct File pilot program that let taxpayers send returns straight to the agency without going through Intuit’s electronic filing system. Eric Gay / AP ...

Most so-called “free” online PDF editors come with a catch. You either need to create an account, deal with daily usage limits, or accept that your documents are uploaded to unknown servers. And let’s ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregonians filing state tax returns next year can still do so by using the state's free program, even though the federal free program will not be available. The IRS notified the ...

Americans will have one fewer free option to file their taxes in 2026 after the Trump administration killed IRS Direct File. Without it, Direct File supporters said Americans will end up spending more ...

WASHINGTON—The Internal Revenue Service is officially ending Direct File, the free, government-run tax-filing pilot program that the Biden administration started last year. Instead, the Trump ...

Taxpayers in 25 states will need to find a new way to file their taxes in 2026 as the IRS has shut down the free Direct File option. Details are limited, but the IRS has confirmed the program launched ...