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NonilexThe fate of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DirectFile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DirectFile</a> program, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/free" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#free</a> electronic <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tax</a> return filing system developed during President <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Biden</a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Democratic</a> admin, is also unclear. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republican</a> lawmakers & commercial tax preparation companies had complained it was a waste of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/taxpayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#taxpayer</a> money because free filing programs already exist, although they are hard to use. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BillyLong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BillyLong</a> said during his confirmation hearing that it would be one of the first programs that come up for discussion if he were confirmed. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fraud</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>

Free Software Foundation<a href="https://hostux.social/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IRS</a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/DirectFile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DirectFile</a> getting released as <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeSoftware</a> is a big win for free software advocates: <a href="https://u.fsf.org/47a" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://u.fsf.org/47a</a>

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬The <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IRS</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tax</a> Filing <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Software</a> TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Released as <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DirectFile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DirectFile</a> and the IRS's <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FreeFile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeFile</a> program more broadly have been the subject of years of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/lobbying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lobbying</a> efforts by financial technology giants like <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Intuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Intuit</a>, which makes <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TurboTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TurboTax</a>. <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> also sought to kill Direct File. About 300,000 people used it last year as part of a limited pilot program, and those who did gave it incredibly positive reviews! <a href="https://www.404media.co/directfile-open-source-irs-tax-filing-software-turbotax-is-trying-to-kil/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.404media.co/directfile-open-source-irs-tax-filing-software-turbotax-is-trying-to-kil/</a> <a href="https://archive.ph/U6j4b" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.ph/U6j4b</a>

Xamanismo ColetivoAs políticas públicas que utilizam <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SoftwareLivre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoftwareLivre</a> representam "ilhas de <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/p%C3%B3scapitalismo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#póscapitalismo</a>", no sentido indicado por <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/MarkFisher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MarkFisher</a>. Viva o <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SoftwareP%C3%BAblico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoftwarePúblico</a>! "…because it is free and because it is an example of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/governmentworking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#governmentworking</a>, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DirectFile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DirectFile</a> and the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IRS</a>’s Free File program more broadly have been the subject of years of lobbying efforts by financial technology giants like Intuit, which makes TurboTax. <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> sought to kill Direct File, and currently, there is language in Trump’s massive budget reconciliation bill that would kill Direct File. Experts say that “ending [the] Direct File program is a gift to the tax-prep industry that will cost taxpayers time and money.” <a href="https://mastodon.social/@jasonkoebler" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@jasonkoebler</a><a href="https://www.404media.co/directfile-open-source-irs-tax-filing-software-turbotax-is-trying-to-kil/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.404media.co/directfile-open-source-irs-tax-filing-software-turbotax-is-trying-to-kil/</a>

Stefan BohacekAn internal IRS report says that 94% of Direct File users rated their experience as "excellent" or "above average".<a href="https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2025/06/direct-file-beloved-its-users-internal-irs-report-says/405883/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2025/06/direct-file-beloved-its-users-internal-irs-report-says/405883/</a>(And as the article mentions, even though it's been shut down, it is open-source! <a href="https://github.com/IRS-Public/direct-file" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/IRS-Public/direct-file</a>)<a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IRS</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/DirectFile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DirectFile</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#taxes</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/GovTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GovTech</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/CivicTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CivicTech</a>

ClaudioMThe power of <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FOSS</a>. <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IRS</a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/DirectFile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DirectFile</a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/Intuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Intuit</a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/USATaxFiling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USATaxFiling</a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a><a href="https://www.404media.co/directfile-open-source-irs-tax-filing-software-turbotax-is-trying-to-kil/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.404media.co/directfile-open-source-irs-tax-filing-software-turbotax-is-trying-to-kil/</a>

Rich Stein (he/him)Free IRS Tax Filing Software that Intuit/TurboTax wants to crater was released on GitHub "Direct File has been open sourced, and its creators have left government to continue working on the 'future of tax filing.'" <a href="https://www.404media.co/directfile-open-source-irs-tax-filing-software-turbotax-is-trying-to-kil/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.404media.co/directfile-open-source-irs-tax-filing-software-turbotax-is-trying-to-kil/</a> via <a href="https://mastodon.social/@jasonkoebler" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@jasonkoebler</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@jasonkoebler/114625540215988796" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.social/@jasonkoebler/114625540215988796</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IRS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DirectFile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DirectFile</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#foss</a>

KayBecause the rich can afford accountants. It's not THEIR problem. When are people going to wake up and see what his intents REALLY are. NBC News: <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> administration plans to end <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IRS</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/DirectFile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DirectFile</a> for <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/free" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#free</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/TaxFiling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TaxFiling</a>, sources say <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-administration-plans-end-irs-direct-file-free-tax-filing-sources-rcna201663" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-administration-plans-end-irs-direct-file-free-tax-filing-sources-rcna201663</a>

Joe OrtizNot surprised that Intuit, owner of TurboTax lobbied so hard in the past year plus to kill it and I'm sure they'll kill Free File when they have the chance.<a href="https://prospect.org/power/2025-04-17-intuit-turbotax-wins-battle-against-taxpayers-irs-direct-file/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://prospect.org/power/2025-04-17-intuit-turbotax-wins-battle-against-taxpayers-irs-direct-file/</a><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IRS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/directfile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#directfile</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/freefile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freefile</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#taxes</a>

Bohemian Peasant<a href="https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@arstechnica</a> The <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IRS</a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/DirectFile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DirectFile</a> program has saved <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/taxpayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#taxpayers</a> millions of dollars and made filing quick & convenient. Losing the program at this point would be a travesty. <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> taxpayers need to be liberated from the predations of incompetent tax prep companies. Tax prep charges too much and makes too many mistakes. <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#idiocracy</a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/taxprep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#taxprep</a>

Joe OrtizSo Direct File is basically dead, and I won't be surprised if Free File follows suit. Huge win for Intuit, H&R Block, the rich and powerful and a huge loss for everyone else.<a href="https://apnews.com/article/irs-direct-file-tax-returns-free-trump-4bb0bca02fab9b3d06ae6f45ac67b7ab" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/irs-direct-file-tax-returns-free-trump-4bb0bca02fab9b3d06ae6f45ac67b7ab</a><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IRS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/directfile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#directfile</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/freefile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freefile</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#taxes</a>

Michael KohlmanRIP for another terrific (and free) Public Service solution initially developed by 18F.Sadly this was 100% completely expected:<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IRS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DirectFile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DirectFile</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/IRSDirectFile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IRSDirectFile</a><a href="https://apnews.com/article/irs-direct-file-tax-returns-free-trump-4bb0bca02fab9b3d06ae6f45ac67b7ab" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/irs-direct-file-tax-returns-free-trump-4bb0bca02fab9b3d06ae6f45ac67b7ab</a>

Free Software FoundationYou shouldn't have to sacrifice your freedom to file your <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#taxes</a> electronically: <a href="https://u.fsf.org/46g" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://u.fsf.org/46g</a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IRS</a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeSoftware</a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/DirectFile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DirectFile</a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/FSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FSF</a>

Bohemian Peasant<a href="https://mastodon.social/@anirvan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@anirvan</a> Buried in this article is the plan to eliminate the <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IRS</a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/DirectFile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DirectFile</a> program which has saved <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/taxpayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#taxpayers</a> millions of dollars and made filing quick & convenient. Losing the program at this point would be a travesty. <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> taxpayers need to be liberated from the predations of incompetent tax prep companies. Tax prep charges too much and makes too many mistakes. <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#idiocracy</a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/taxprep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#taxprep</a>

Free Software FoundationThe <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IRS</a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/DirectFile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DirectFile</a> program should be free as in freedom: <a href="https://u.fsf.org/46g" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://u.fsf.org/46g</a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeSoftware</a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/UserFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UserFreedom</a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/FSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FSF</a>

Nonilex…Among the marquee websites that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/18F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#18F</a> employees helped build or revamp are the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IRS</a>’s free tax filing service known as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DirectFile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DirectFile</a> & the National Weather Service’s page, weather.gov.But since <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> returned to the Oval Office, 18F has also been targeted by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/billionaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#billionaire</a> whom Trump tasked w/cutting back the government. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> wrote last month in a post on his social media platform, X, that “that group has been deleted.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InfoSec</a>

BedastGPTSo in the ad, they complain how complex doing taxes are. At one point, the woman arrives at a recently abandoned office. I can’t think of any part of filing taxes where that would apply other than the attack on DirectFile.<a href="https://beige.party/tags/SuperbOwl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SuperbOwl</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/TurboTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TurboTax</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Ad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ad</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/DirectFile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DirectFile</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IRS</a>

Matthew MalthousePaying taxes without generating profit for some middleman is woke? Who knew?Thanks to DOGE, millions of Americans have just lost their ability to file taxes online for free.Now they must use third party paid services like Turbo Tax. This is 0% about inefficiency and 100% about ripping you off.h/t Micah Erfan on Twitter<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IRS</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DirectFile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DirectFile</a>

Rich Stein (he/him)Despite confusion, IRS' Direct File, free tax program is still available — "... the IRS has face intense blowback to Direct File from private tax preparation companies that have made billions from charging people to use their software and have spent millions lobbying Congress. The average American typically spends about $140 preparing their returns each year." <a href="https://apnews.com/article/irs-direct-file-musk-18f-6a4dc35a92f9f29c310721af53f58b16" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/irs-direct-file-musk-18f-6a4dc35a92f9f29c310721af53f58b16</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IRS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tax</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#taxes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IRSdirectFile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IRSdirectFile</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DirectFile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DirectFile</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicService</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#musk</a>

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