IRS Direct File Still Working Amid Conflicting Social Media Posts, White House Says

The White House this week said that the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) free Direct File tool is still online amid speculation that it was taken down. Earlier this week, Elon Musk wrote on social media platform X that the 18F government agency that worked on projects such as Direct File was “deleted,” sparking concern that the program was scrapped. The IRS announced last year that it would make the free electronic tax return filing system permanent and asked all 50 states and the District of Columbia to help taxpayers file their returns through the program in 2025. On Monday, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) wrote that “until today you could file your taxes FOR FREE” and that President Donald Trump’s administration “just took that from you.” He was responding to a separate post that included a screenshot of the Direct File page and Musk’s message about 18F that said the “group has been deleted.”...