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Ninety percent of taxpayers rated their Direct File experience positively; 86 percent said their trust in the IRS was increased<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington DC<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today that they and more than 130 lawmakers sent a letter to U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel, applauding the Direct File program\u2019s success pilot and urging them to make it permanent while expanding its functionality and scope. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter follows the 2024 tax season\u2019s conclusion and the IRS Direct File program\u2019s implementation in 12 pilot states which allowed taxpayers to file their returns for free, directly with the IRS. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201c(W)e write to commend you on the historic and resoundingly successful launch of Direct File, the first free, public, electronic federal tax filing tool in U.S. history. Taxpayers want and deserve a free and easy filing option, and thanks to this year\u2019s pilot, taxpayers used Direct File to claim over $90 million in tax refunds and save $5.6 million in estimated filing fees,\u201d said the lawmakers.<\/strong> \u201cWe applaud your leadership and Direct File\u2019s incredible success this year, and we call on you to make Direct File a permanent program, expanding it and improving it further next year and in the years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The Biden administration announced last May they would be launching a Direct File pilot in 2024. This past tax season, more than 140,000 taxpayers used the tool across 12 pilot states, saving taxpayers more than $90 million in refunds and an estimated $5.6 million in tax preparation fees on their federal returns alone. A survey of 11,000 users found 90 percent ranked their experience with Direct File as \u201cExcellent\u201d or \u201cAbove Average,\u201d and 90 percent of survey respondents who used customer service similarly found the experience \u201cExcellent\u201d or \u201cAbove Average.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe IRS\u2019s delivery of this new, wildly successful filing tool\u2026 demonstrates the huge returns from investing in the IRS and in government technology in general,\u201d continuaron los legisladores. <\/strong>\u201c(W)e hope Direct File will support additional sources of income, integrate with more states, offer more flexible identity verification procedures, and accommodate additional tax benefits, with a focus on refundable credits available to low- and middle-income families. Direct File should also continue streamlining the filing process by using taxpayer data that the IRS already has.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\u201c(W)e congratulate you on the success of the Direct File pilot and stand ready to work with you on making the program permanent and expanding it. We believe that the IRS can offer free and easy tax filing to every American taxpayer who wants it \u2014 and that, with Direct File, it will,\u201d concluded the lawmakers.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In addition to Wyden and Merkley, the letter is also signed by U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Robert Casey (D-Penn.), Christopher Coons (D-Del.), John Fetterman (D-Penn.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Angus King (I-Maine), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Bernard Sanders (I-Vt.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter is also signed by U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-Va.), Katie Porter (D-Calif.), Brad Sherman (D-Calif.), Alma Adams (D- N.C.), Becca Balint (D-Vt.), Nanette Diaz Barrag\u00e1n (D-Calif.), Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.), Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), Julia Brownley (D-Calif.), Nikki Budzinski (D-Ill.), Cori Bush (D-Mo.), Andr\u00e9 Carson (D-Ind.), Matt Cartwright (D-Penn.), Sean Casten (D-Ill.), Joaquin Castro (D-Texas.), Sheila Cherilus-McCormick (D-Fla.), Judy Chu (D-Calif.), Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.), Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), Joe Courtney (D-Conn.), Diana DeGette (D-Colo.), Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.), Chris Deluzio (D-Penn.), Mark DeSaulnier (D-Calif.) Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.), Dwight Evans (D-Penn.), Bill Foster (D-Ill.), Valerie Foushee (D-N.C.), Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.), John Garamendi (D-Calif.), Jes\u00fas \u201cChuy\u201d Garc\u00eda (D-Ill.), Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas), Daniel Goldman (D-N.Y.), Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.), Ra\u00fal Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Steven Horsford (D-Nev.), Chrissy Houlahan (D-Penn.), Val Hoyle (D-Ore.), Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), Jonathan Jackson (D-Ill.), Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.), Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), Hank Johnson (D-Ga.), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Calif.), Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), William Keating (D-Mass.), Robin Kelly (D-Ill.), Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), Andy Kim (D-N.J.), Ann Kuster (D-N.H.), Greg Landsman (D-Ohio), Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), Jennifer McClellan (D-Va.), Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), James McGovern (D-Mass.), Seth Moulton (D-Mass.), Kevin Mullin (D-Calif.), Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Chris Pappas (D-N.H.), Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), Katie Porter (D-Calif.), Mike Quigley (D-Ill.), Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.), Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), Andrea Salinas (D-Ore.), Linda S\u00e1nchez (D-Calif.), Mary Scanlon (D-Penn.), Janice Schakowsky (D-Ill.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Bradley Schneider (D-Ill.), Robert Scott (D-Va.), Brad Sherman (D-Calif.), Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Darren Soto (D-Fla.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), Mark Takano (D-Calif.), Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.), Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), Dina Titus (D-Nev.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Jill Tokuda (D-Hawaii), Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.), Lori Trahan (D-Mass.), David Trone (D-Md.), Juan Vargas (D-Calif.), Nydia Vel\u00e1zquez (D-N.Y.), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.), Susan Wild (D-Penn.), Nikema Williams (D-Ga.), Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, more than 250 groups sent a letter to Commissioner Werfel and Secretary Yellen also encouraging them to make Direct File permanent and expand it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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