The best way to make filing your income taxes less painful and time-consuming is to file online.

Windows 8 has a number of native functions that help you organize the files and programs on your hard drive. This is part of the basic functionality of an operating system. The File Explorer and ...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is offering an early start to taxpayers looking to get ahead with their filings this year. Beginning Friday, the IRS's Free File program, featuring guided tax ...

The IRS Direct File tool won't be available for the upcoming tax filing season. Here are a few free resources if you want help filing your taxes.

The IRS will extend the Free File program through October 2029, following an agreement to continue making free private-sector tax software available to taxpayers. WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 05: People use ...

Over two dozen states incorporated the free tax software in 2025, but the IRS has decided to discontinue the program. Peter is a writer and editor for the CNET How-To team. He has been covering ...

Close up of businessman or accountant hand holding pen working on laptop computer for calculate business data, accountancy document and calculator at office, business concept The Internal Revenue ...

Search bars can be annoying, especially on Windows. It can sometimes just stop working amid the search or display random files when you are looking for something specific. Sometimes, it's slow, ...

Trump's Treasury Department calls Direct File 'a failed program' Casey Lantz had a particularly painless time filing her taxes this year - though it may be the last time she can say that. The Seattle ...

The two different program files are available only in the 64-bit operating system. The 32-bit operating system will have only a single program file folder. The main difference is that the program file ...

A pair of popular file-sharing programs have become privacy time bombs, according to computer experts. Antivirus company Symantec last week reported the presence of "spyware" bundled with Grokster and ...

TurboTax – which has been criticized for some sketchy tactics when it came to providing online access free of charge through the IRS site – is now shocking taxpayers by informing them that the big ...