A government program made tax filing free and more efficient. Musk and DOGE may get rid of it anyway
A government program made tax filing free and more efficient. Musk and DOGE may get rid of it anyway the IRS Direct File’s fate remains unclear as Elon Musk and DOGE cleave their way through the federal bureaucracy FILE – The sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building is seen. May 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) By Associated Press | ap@dfmdev.com UPDATED: March 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM EDT By FATIMA HUSSEIN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Mia Francis, a 22-year-old barista from Boston, filed her taxes on her own this year for the first time, using a free government tax filing program that made it easy because it did most of the work for her. Francis said it took 45 minutes to finish her taxes with the IRS Direct File program , an electronic tax return filing system that the IRS made permanent last year and that has rolled out to 25 states. Francis is expecting a $530 refund. And because she saved cash by ...