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In a win for the paid tax prep industry, it looks like the government’s free tax filing program, Direct File, is dead for now.
The IRS emailed state tax agencies to notify them that “IRS Direct File will not be available in Filing Season 2026,” according to NextGov/FCW, and “no launch date has been set for the future.”
The email isn’t a total surprise. In July, then-IRS Commissioner Bill Long—








