Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo will be in Dallas on Thursday to promote the pilot program.
A portion of the 1040 U.S. individual income tax return form is shown July 24, 2018. The IRS has launched pilot program with an electronic, free-file tax return system.The IRS launched the pilot program known as Direct File in a dozen states this year, including Texas. About 50,000 people in those states have used it so far.While the exact number of Texas filers in the system was not immediately available, the Treasury Department says the state has the most filers on a per capita basis.
And he will speak at an afternoon event promoting the Direct File pilot program, which he said will help Americans who individually spend about 13 hours and $270 to file their taxes every year.A total of 19 million taxpayers across the 12 states this year can use the new system, which is intended for filers with relatively simple returns.It’s not set up for reporting certain types of income, and filers can only take the standard deduction.
The new filing system is designed to help filers discover available credits to save additional money.
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