{"id":71,"date":"2025-07-31T17:50:52","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T17:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gordontaxservice.com\/taxtipsblog\/?p=71"},"modified":"2026-01-28T18:59:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T18:59:54","slug":"irs-direct-file-is-officially-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gordontaxservice.com\/taxtipsblog\/2025\/07\/31\/irs-direct-file-is-officially-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"IRS Direct File Is Officially Gone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The IRS recently ended its free Direct File program for simple tax returns. Though short-lived, it was widely viewed as unnecessary\u2014especially since many tax prep companies already offer free filing for straightforward returns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But as anyone who\u2019s filed knows: taxes rarely stay simple. Sell a home, invest in the market, switch to contract work, or start drawing RMDs\u2014and suddenly, you\u2019re in complex territory. And complex returns come with a price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So why pay top dollar at a chain store? Get expert, year-round support from Gordon Tax Service\u2014where expertise meets affordability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/07\/30\/irs-chief-says-agency-plans-to-end-free-direct-file-program.html\">https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/07\/30\/irs-chief-says-agency-plans-to-end-free-direct-file-program.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IRS recently ended its free Direct File program for simple tax returns. Though short-lived, it was widely viewed as unnecessary\u2014especially since many tax prep companies already offer free filing for straightforward returns. But as anyone who\u2019s filed knows: taxes rarely stay simple. Sell a home, invest in the market, switch to contract work, or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gordontaxservice.com\/taxtipsblog\/2025\/07\/31\/irs-direct-file-is-officially-gone\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">IRS Direct File Is Officially Gone<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gordontaxservice.com\/taxtipsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gordontaxservice.com\/taxtipsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gordontaxservice.com\/taxtipsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gordontaxservice.com\/taxtipsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gordontaxservice.com\/taxtipsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gordontaxservice.com\/taxtipsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73,"href":"https:\/\/gordontaxservice.com\/taxtipsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71\/revisions\/73"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gordontaxservice.com\/taxtipsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gordontaxservice.com\/taxtipsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gordontaxservice.com\/taxtipsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}