US IRS free online tax filing open source repo

When I read these and the related stories I am thankful I live in a country where you don't even need to file taxes. Virtually all income is reported to the tax authorities, so they will calculate a tax rate for you and you rarely need to make adjustments if your income is stable and regular.

Only when I need to make some surprise deductions (e.g. purchasing work-related literature, deductible by law here up to some sum) or for some reason the payer of income is not reported to the tax authorities. Or when the income falls short of what was projected for that year (e.g. unpaid leave, getting fired, changing to jobs to a lower salary (it happens) etc.), or there is a surprise bonus and so on. Normally I do not need to anything.

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bentt 7 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I cannot see how Turbotax survives the oncoming AI Coding freight train. All the information is out there.

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makuchaku 6 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

How do we know this is from IRS?

	▲	simonw a few seconds ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Weirdly a Google search for "GitHub.com/IRS-Public site:irs.gov" didn't turn up anything. This is one of the projects that DOGE killed though, so maybe unsurprising that it's not linked to from official .gov websites.
	▲	BCM43 4 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		https://www.404media.co/directfile-open-source-irs-tax-filin...

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raverbashing 3 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Ok but is the IRS API endpoint that gets the filings in json/xml/etc still open and "free to use"?

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aliljet 11 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Who is making an agent-forward turbotax competitor? Take my money already. Good god, the previous generation of tools suck.

	▲	aliljet 11 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		And if you want to maket his with me, message me! I kind of loathe the industry and would love to help.

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fedpost 29 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The PRs are mildly entertaining, as are all the ones they've closed. Doesn't seem to be run by someone who knows what they're doing?

	▲	ram1500natrluvr 10 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		In the first PR: https://github.com/IRS-Public/direct-file/pull/1 elijah-wright commented on Jun 3, 2025 > because this is the first pull request and something many people will see, I would like to say that I learned from a former project manager at the IRS that development on Direct File has stopped since January. the source code is only public because of federal law. it's not likely that this is going to be merged but it's possible that the components of Direct File might be used elsewhere
	▲	waltbosz 15 minutes ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		I wouldn't be surprised . I worked as a developer placed at a state government agency. Many of the people who worked there seem to have no natural drive to do good work.
	▲	2OEH8eoCRo0 18 minutes ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Maybe their first exposure to Git? I only had ClearCase experience and was a noob when finally moving away from defense work.
	▲	bee_rider 9 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Is this even legit?

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toomuchtodo an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

I expect IRS DirectFile to return and made permanent with recent Congressional regime change.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50004511

	▲	cogman10 a few seconds ago \| parent [-]
		I'd not expect that until 2028 and a little later after that. The team that managed DirectFile was laid off in DOGE. Further, the current admin has been happily violating the Impoundment Control Act. Congress is going to have to sue to get them to start enforcing the law and I don't expect that to work its way through the courts very quickly. Further, I'd not be surprised if the supreme court decides that the Impoundment control act is unconstitutional for some reason or another. It should be made permanent.