The 2025 tax filing season will begin Monday, Jan. 27, the Internal Revenue Service announced earlier this month.
The agency said in a statement it expects more than 140 million individual tax returns to be filed by the Tuesday, April 15, deadline. While most filers are required to submit their forms by that deadline to avoid incurring penalties and interest, relief provisions are in place for those affected by recent natural disasters.
The agency also announced a series of expanded and new programs designed to aid the tax filing process as a part of a modernization effort initiated by the 2022 passing of the Inflation Reduction Act. The changes, the agency said, are meant to better the tax-paying experience through improved customer service options and expanded free resources.
Part of that expansion includes the Direct File program to taxpayers in 25 states, up from 12 in its pilot year last filing season.
Similar to third-party digital filing tools, Direct File allows filers …