The Internal Revenue Service intends to submit a report to Congress detailing its plans to launch a free online system for filing tax returns by May, The Hill reported Wednesday.
In partnership with nonprofit organization New America, the IRS will put together a report on the potential system that could enable individuals to directly file a tax return with the agency. This system may be hosted on a web platform or application.
Ariel Jurow-Kleiman, a tax attorney and law professor at Loyola Law School, will collaborate with New America to provide a third-party analysis of the report in accordance with the country’s existing tax law.
The project is an effort ordered by the Inflation Reduction Act, which directed the IRS to carry out a study on how citizens could file their taxes through electronic means free of charge.
Last year, Congress allocated $15 million to the agency to conduct research on the development of a federal tax filing system.