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United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Representatives Katie Porter (D-Calif.), Brad Sherman (D-Calif.), and Don Beyer (D-Va.) released the following statement on the announcement by the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of its 2024 pilot of Direct File, a program that will allow Americans to file tax returns digitally and free of charge.

“The IRS’s Direct File pilot program is an important first step towards creating a free, easy way for millions of Americans to file their taxes online. Giant tax prep companies have fought Direct File every step of the way, making tax filing more complicated and expensive than it should be and making it harder for families to get the tax credits they deserve. But thanks to the important investments made by the Inflation Reduction Act, the Biden Administration has stood up a pilot program in record time. We look forward to supporting the IRS’s efforts to develop and expand the Direct File pilot, setting us on a path where millions of Americans will no longer have to worry about giant tax prep companies sharing their private data with Big Tech firms and ripping them off for services that should be free.”