This article originally appeared in OpenSecrets. New legislation could throw a wrench in IRS plans to launch a free government-run tax filing program after millions of dollars in lobbying by for-profit tax prep service providers. The tax prep services industry has poured over $90 million into lobbying on the Free File Program and other issues since the program’s inception in …
IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel, shown at his swearing-in ceremony in April, said Tuesday that a small number of taxpayers will be able to use a prototype system the IRS has built to e-file taxes next year. “Direct file, whether in its pilot phase or whether a decision is made to go forward more broadly, will be just an option for …
