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- The IRS' much-anticipated free tax filing software is now online.
- Direct File is in a pilot phase and available for "simple" tax returns for 2023.
- For now, the tool is limited to taxpayers who lived in one of 12 states last year.
A small but growing number of US taxpayers can now do what their counterparts in many other countries have been able to do for years: file their annual taxes online, for free, directly with the federal government.