Though some social media users interpreted Elon Musk's X post as meaning the service was closed, its website remained active ...

In early February 2025, claims emerged that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) led by Elon Musk, had terminated, ...

Elon Musk posted Monday on his social media site that he had “deleted” 18F, a government agency that worked on technology ...

Elon Musk, head of the chaos-causing Department of Government Efficiency, made an assertion this week that raised questions in some people’s minds about the status of the IRS Direct File program. That ...

T he IRS Direct File program, which allows eligible taxpayers in 25 states to file their taxes for free on the IRS’s website, ...

The IRS has faced intense blowback to Direct File from private tax preparation companies that have made billions from charging people to use their software.

In recent days, a tweet from Elon Musk on X (formerly known as Twitter) stirred up quite a bit of confusion. Musk claimed to ...

The original X post, which Musk was responding to, said 18F built the "Direct File" service that “puts the government in charge of preparing peoples (sic) tax returns for them.” The ...

However, 18F, a digital consulting team that ... the now-former IRS commissioner, in a statement. Direct File works on mobile phones, tablets and regular computers, guiding taxpayers through ...

Here's what to know. Elon Musk wrote on X on Monday that 18F, the digital consulting team who developed the IRS Direct File system, had been deleted. However, the free tax-prep program remained ...

if their tax returns aren’t too complex. On Monday, in response to a follower’s (factually incorrect) post on X about Direct File that mentions 18F, Musk posted “That group has been deleted.” ...