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The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service said Friday that Connecticut will be the latest state to join the IRS Direct File program for free tax preparation.

The Keystone State will become the 15th to join the IRS's free tax program next filing season.

An influential advisory committee to the Internal Revenue Service is asking Congress to regulate noncredentialed tax preparers and boost funding for the IRS and the National Taxpayer Advocate.

The Internal Revenue Service's plans to expand the Direct File free tax program nationwide next year could meet an early demise if Republicans gain control of Congress and the White House next year.

The Internal Revenue Service intends to expand the number of states and tax situations in which the free Direct File system will be available.

The program with third-party tax vendors will continue for another five years despite the IRS's recent Direct File pilot test.

The Internal Revenue Service's Direct File pilot program officially closed Friday, after 140,803 taxpayers used it in 12 states.

The free tax program will now import a taxpayer's information from the previous year, as a report finds the program could cost the IRS considerably more than the estimated $249 million per year to maintain.

The Treasury reported increasing usage of the free tax-filing system that they've been pilot testing in a dozen states this tax season.

The Internal Revenue Service has posted new information about how to handle possible processing errors when electronically filing Form 1065, "Return of Partnership Income," and ways to avoid them.

The pilot program is expanding in the 12 states where it's available.

New York State and the Internal Revenue Service have developed a new program that allows eligible New Yorkers to e-file their federal and state personal income tax returns for free.

The IRS is planning to offer its free tax prep system around the clock next week and open it to a larger group of outside testers.

The Internal Revenue Service is reopening access Tuesday to its Direct File free online tax prep system after temporarily closing it to new users.

The Internal Revenue Service issued a notice granting an administrative exemption from the electronic filing requirements for the Annual Withholding Tax Return for U.S. Source Income of Foreign Persons.

The Internal Revenue Service's Direct File pilot program has expanded beyond internal testing of its free tax prep system to taxpayers in a dozen states.

The Internal Revenue Service's Direct File free tax system has passed a key hurdle in the pilot test, passing muster with a dozen IRS employees successfully filing returns in as many states.

A recently introduced bill would, if passed, require the IRS to add scannable bar codes to electronically prepared paper returns, to encourage process efficiency.

A limited number of tax-exempt organizations won't be able to electronically file their income tax returns until the middle of March due to technology upgrades.