The IRS has open sourced most of its highly praised Direct File software amid mounting political efforts to shut the free tax-filing program down. Intuit’s lobbying and language in Trump’s budget bill threaten to kill the initiative, which served 300,000 users in a successful pilot. While the released code can't fully run without IRS systems, it provides a valuable foundation for future tax filing tools. Former Direct File developers have now joined a fellowship to explore new ways to simplify tax filing and expand the program’s impact beyond the IRS.
IRS Open Sources Direct File Code as Its Future Faces Political Threats
Paul Drecksler is the founder and editor of Shopifreaks E-commerce Newsletter, covering the most important stories in e-commerce.
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