Biden admin announces plans for IRS direct file system
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The Internal Revenue Service announced Tuesday that it is moving forward with a pilot program to offer Americans the option to file taxes directly with the government.
"The approach directed by the U.S. Treasury is consistent with best practices for new product launches in both the government and the private sector where the transition from research and development to customer-facing is done in an incremental manner to enable additional testing of hypotheses considered during the research and development phase," IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel told reporters on a call Tuesday. Thomas Catenacci is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
"Taxpayers will always have choices for how they file their taxes. They can use tax software. They can use a trusted tax professional. They can use a paper tax return," he continued. "People should use the filing option that works best for them, for their personal and their financial situation. And under any scenario, the IRS cannot run the tax system alone."