The Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS’ Direct File program. That's the electronic system for filing tax returns directly to the agency for free.

The Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS’ Direct File program, an electronic system for filing tax returns directly to the agency for free, according to two people familiar with the decision.

The program developed during Joe Biden’s presidency was credited by users with making tax filing easy, fast and economical. But Republican lawmakers and commercial tax preparation companies complained it was a waste of taxpayer money because free filing programs already exist, although they are hard to use.

The program had been in limbo since the start of the Trump administration as Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency have slashed their way through the federal government. Musk posted in February on his social media site, X, that he had “deleted” 18F, a government agency that worked on technology projects such as Direct File.

  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 days ago

    Lol. Fucking dumb motherfuckers like this is why we are in this position

    First, no he won’t give everyone $5k.

    But even if he did, you think $5000 is anything close to what has already been taken from us?

    A bunch of fucking marks, I swear.

    Also, no, he didn’t give everyone $2400, but keep making shit up “to be fair.”