Treasury, OMB and IRS made this possible through a public-private partnership with a consortium of tax software companies, the Free File Alliance, LLC. Free File is an easy, fast and secure way for citizens to file taxes and will also allow Americans to get refunds in half the time. The efficiency of E- file saves both taxpayers and the IRS time and money.
"No one likes paying taxes—it’s too confusing and time consuming. With this new Free File website, we’re seeing great success that has saved more than 2 million taxpayers time and money—and an even bigger bonus is they get their refunds in half the time," stated Treasury Secretary John Snow. "We hope that, in years to come, even more taxpayers will take advantage of the Free File program."
"The midnight lines at the post office will be a lot shorter tonight because the President delivered on his pledge to use the Internet to ease the taxpayers’ burden," said Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
"Free File provided the nation's taxpayers with one more option for e- filing their tax returns. The public's response to this new initiative bodes well for the future of electronic tax filing and egovernment in general," said IRS Acting Commissioner Bob Wenzel.
At the conclusion of this filing season, Treasury and IRS will review feedback received on the program's inaugural season with program participants, and consider any modifications to the agreement prior to next filing season.
Free File, together with IRS's pending legislative proposal for a 15 day filing extension for efilers, will make important strides towards achieving Congress' target of 80% of taxpayers efiling by 2007.
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