The IRS has faced intense blowback to Direct File from private tax preparation companies that have made billions from ...

In early February 2025, claims emerged that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) led by Elon Musk, had terminated, ...

Elon Musk wrote on X on Monday that 18F, the digital consulting team who developed the IRS Direct File system, had been ...

Though the billionaire presidential adviser created confusion when he said he’d “deleted” the agency behind it, the free ...

Elon Musk posted that the IRS Direct File group had been "deleted," prompting confusion about the free tax prep service's ...

Elon Musk posted Monday on his social media site that he had “deleted” 18F, a government agency that worked on technology ...

Elon Musk, head of the chaos-causing Department of Government Efficiency, made an assertion this week that raised questions ...

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.