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The IRS Is Ready for Your 2025 Tax Return

Column distributed by Hearst Connecticut Media Group.

Links to resources referenced:

  • Department of the Treasury: “Report on the Replacement of Direct File”
    • https://waysandmeans.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Report-Replacement-of-Direct-File-2025.pdf
      • Related column excerpt:
        • “Direct File was the e-filing program that allowed ‘eligible taxpayers to file their federal individual income tax return online directly with the IRS at no direct cost to the user,’ quoting the Treasury Department’s October 2025 report to Congress, ‘Report on the Replacement of Direct File.’ Launched as a pilot program in 2023, Direct File was available to taxpayers in 25 states for tax year 2024, and nearly 300,000 returns were filed.”
  • IRS: E-file: Do your taxes for free
    • https://www.irs.gov/e-file-do-your-taxes-for-free
      • Related column excerpt:
        • “Meanwhile, the Free File e-filing program is very much alive. Free File debuted in 2003 and has eight private-sector partners offering guided tax software products for tax year 2025. To qualify, you must have an adjusted gross income (AGI) of $89,000 or less. Note that each of the tax partners also sets its own eligibility requirements.”
  • Internal Revenue Service Data Book 2024
  • IRS: Use IRS Free File to conveniently file your return at no cost
  • IRS: “IRS announces first day of 2026 filing season; online tools and resources help with tax filing”
  • IRS Schedule 1-A: Additional Deductions
    • https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040s1a--2025.pdf 
      • Related column excerpt: 
        • “There is a new schedule this year: Schedule 1-A. This form deals with recently enacted tax deductions: no taxes on tips, overtime or car loan interest, and an enhanced deduction for seniors.”
  • IRS: About Form 1099-DA, Digital Asset Proceeds From Broker Transactions
  • IRS: Understanding your Form 1099-K
    • https://www.irs.gov/businesses/understanding-your-form-1099-k
      • Related column excerpt:
        • “Form 1099-K is used for ‘payments you received for goods or services during the year’ involving payment apps or online marketplaces (aka third party settlement organizations), or payments through credit, debit or gift cards. The IRS webpage ‘Understanding Your Form 1099-K’ provides more details.”
  • IRS: Need someone to prepare your tax return?
  • IRS: Contact your local IRS office
  • IRS: Free tax preparation for qualifying taxpayers
  • IRS: Where’s My Refund?
    • https://www.irs.gov/wheres-my-refund  
      • Related column excerpt:
        • “If you file and expect a refund, the ‘Where’s My Refund?’ IRS webpage will have details of your status generally around 24 hours after e-filing or four weeks if you file a paper return. Note that the IRS is phasing out paper tax-refund checks (due to the 2025 Presidential Executive Order 14247, ‘Modernizing Payments To and From America’s Bank Account’) and encourages you to establish a bank account (if you don’t have one) if you are expecting a tax refund.” 
  • The White House: “Modernizing Payments To and From America’s Bank Account”
    • https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/modernizing-payments-to-and-from-americas-bank-account/
      • Related column excerpt:
        • “If you file and expect a refund, the ‘Where’s My Refund?’ IRS webpage will have details of your status generally around 24 hours after e-filing or four weeks if you file a paper return. Note that the IRS is phasing out paper tax-refund checks (due to the 2025 Presidential Executive Order 14247, ‘Modernizing Payments To and From America’s Bank Account’) and encourages you to establish a bank account (if you don’t have one) if you are expecting a tax refund.” 
  • Federal Trade Commission Consumer Alert: “Hang up on unexpected calls saying you owe back taxes. Those are scams”
  • IRS: Tax Scams