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 ...

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

Musk posted on X (formerly Twitter) that he had “deleted” 18F, the group responsible for creating the IRS Direct File program. That caused some users on social media to incorrectly report that ...

“Direct file, used by numerous tax jurisdictions around ... The program was created by the government agency 18F, and it received $15 million in funding from the Inflation Reduction Act.

However, Musk, who was appointed to lead the Department of Government Efficiency, was not talking about Direct File but instead 18F, the federal agency tasked with creating the program.

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 ...