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Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk posted on his social media site that he has “deleted” 18F, a government agency that worked ...

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The IRS Direct File program, which lets you prepare and file your federal return for free, is still up and running, for now.

While Musk’s tweet may have intimated that the group of workers had been eliminated, an individual with knowledge of the IRS workforce said the Direct File program was still accepting tax returns.

But some eligible people miss out on those credits. Direct File — the IRS’ new online tool for filing tax returns — may be the key to getting eligible filers to claim the EITC and CTC.