Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D Moss) Criticized Lobbying against the direct file of the Antivet and told the AP that Trump and Musk “are following the file directly because it has prevented taxpayers from releasing taxpayers for free.
The Turbotics of the Antote offers free filing for simple returns, but has been encountered Legal fodder Accusing his ads that misled users misled users who had to pay. In 2022, an anti – Agreed to pay Millions of users restore $ 141 million and stop a specific advertising campaign that promises free filing.
Federal Trade Commission Ruled last year The integration violated the US law with a fraud advertisement and ordered the company to prevent consumers from telling us that the turbotx was free without more clear withdrawal. Antivat responded by prosecuting FTC Case It is still pending in the US court appeal for the 5th circuit.
There is also a free iRS fileing program Limited to easy profitBut it was expected to increase its utility. The program accepted a return from 140,803 taxpayers in 12 state 2024 pilots, followed by A Announcement of May 2024 That direct file “will become a permanent option for submitting federal tax declarations starting in the 2025 tax season.”
The IRS announced in the 2024 announcement that it was looking for ways to meet more complicated taxes. The IRS said at the time, “In the coming years, the agency’s goal is to increase the file directly to support the general tax conditions, focusing on the conditions that affect the working families.” Treasury Department Estimated More than 30 million taxpayers were eligible for a direct file this year, but have not yet said how many people used it.
House Republicans urged Trump to work more faster to kill the program, saying in December 2024 Line That it should “issue a one -day executive order to terminate the” Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to terminate the unauthorized and waste direct file pilot program. “