Arizona, California, Massachusetts, and New York will partner with the IRS on its pilot program to provide a free agency-run online tax filing system, starting with the 2024 filing season.
Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act last year set aside $15 million for the IRS to issue a report on the feasibility of creating a direct e-filing tax return system. The announcement from the IRS Tuesday comes after the agency said in May it was planning to establish the pilot program—an issue that has faced ire from Republicans and tax-prep companies that say it’s unnecessary and a conflict of interest for the ...