The IRS' free online program Direct File is now open for business and accepting tax returns. Here's what to know.

There is fortunately at least one built-in defense against the targeting of the free Direct File program, which is that it’s not so politically easy to take away from people things they’ve come to ...

President-elect Donald Trump (R) announced hedge fund manager Scott Bessent as his nominee for secretary of the Treasury on November 22, 2024. This presidential appointment requires Senate ...

Donald Trump’s first 10 days back in office were filled with a series of “shock and awe” executive orders intended to ...

Scott Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager, will lead President Donald Trump 's financial agenda as treasury secretary.

The U.S. Senate confirmed billionaire investor Scott Bessent on Monday to serve as President Donald Trump's treasury ...

Bessent, a hedge fund manager, becomes the nation’s 79th Treasury secretary. He will lead President Trump’s economic agenda.

The Senate confirmed Scott Bessent as treasury secretary, filling a key role in President Donald Trump's Cabinet with Bessent ...

The Internal Revenue Service starts tax season 2025 Monday with some changes and an expansion of the Direct File program. Why ...

Top Wall Street banks say they’re ready to get more active in crypto if the Trump administration rolls out favorable policies ...

The longer the Direct File tax-prep program sticks around, the harder it is to end it, critics worry . It was soon after the start of Scott Bessent's confirmat ...