The IRS has faced intense blowback to Direct File from private tax preparation companies that have made billions from ...

In early February 2025, claims emerged that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) led by Elon Musk, had terminated, ...

Elon Musk, head of the chaos-causing Department of Government Efficiency, made an assertion this week that raised questions ...

Though the billionaire presidential adviser created confusion when he said he’d “deleted” the agency behind it, the free ...

T he IRS Direct File program, which allows eligible taxpayers in 25 states to file their taxes for free on the IRS’s website, ...

In recent days, a tweet from Elon Musk on X (formerly known as Twitter) stirred up quite a bit of confusion. Musk claimed to ...

Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk posted on his social media site that he has “deleted” 18F, a government agency that worked on technology projects such as the IRS's Direct File program ...

18F’s website was still operational, as was the Direct File website. But the digital services agency’s X account was deleted. The IRS announced last year that it will make the free electronic ...

In early February 2025, claims emerged that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) led by Elon Musk, had terminated, or planned to terminate, a program — Direct File — run by the IRS ...

As of Monday evening, 18F’s website was still operational, as was the Direct File website. But the digital services agency’s X account was deleted. The IRS announced last year that it will ...

The original X post, which Musk was responding to, said 18F built the "Direct File" service that “puts the government in charge of preparing peoples (sic) tax returns for them.” The ...