They were rolling out a free service over the past few years that was getting solid reviews and plenty of people used[0][1]. One of the top priorities[2] of the

They were rolling out a free service over the past few years that was getting solid reviews and plenty of people used[0][1]. One of the top priorities[2] of the Trump administration and DOGE was to prevent that and it has been since shut down[3] and partly open sourced[4]. 0: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/24071005/irs-direct-file-free-tax-software-turbotax-review https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/24071005/irs-direct-file-... 1: https://www.investopedia.com/early-reaction-to-the-new-irs-free-online-tax-filing-service-8621571 https://www.investopedia.com/early-reaction-to-the-new-irs-f... 2: https://apnews.com/article/irs-direct-file-musk-18f-6a4dc35a92f9f29c310721af53f58b16 https://apnews.com/article/irs-direct-file-musk-18f-6a4dc35a... 3:https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/30/irs-chief-says-agency-plans-to-end-free-direct-file-program.html https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/30/irs-chief-says-agency-plans-... 4: https://github.com/IRS-Public/direct-file https://github.com/IRS-Public/direct-file