Ready to file your 2019 tax return? The filing season officially opens on January 27, 2020, but taxpayers can get an early start today. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced that Free File is officially open. Free File is available to taxpayers whose adjusted gross income (AGI) was $69,000 or less in 2019. You can find your AGI by…
The Internal Revenue Service has announced that it has reached an agreement with Free File, Inc. (FFI). According to the IRS, the deal will help make the Free File program more taxpayer-friendly while strengthening consumer protections in several key areas. (You can read the agreement, which downloads as a PDF, here.) “This updated agreement is part of a larger effort…
There are just a few days left until Tax Day… Have you filed your taxes yet? If not, the Free File Alliance, a nonprofit coalition of industry-leading tax software companies partnered with the IRS, is reminding taxpayers that you can file your taxes for free at www.IRS.gov/FreeFile. Free File offers two options to taxpayers depending…
The IRS is warning taxpayers to avoid a site claiming to assist taxpayers file for free through the “Free File Alliance.” You can only access Free File through the IRS web site at www.irs.gov. In the scam, various web sites claim to work with the Free File Alliance, a partnership between 19 tax software companies…
