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IRS Free File Is Open for the 2024 Tax Season — With a Major Expansion to Eligibility

By: Adam Hardy
Adam Hardy, expert in Personal finance, student loans, credit, job market, low-income finances, and Lead data journalist at Money
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Adam Hardy is a lead data journalist at Money, where he frequently reports on financial barriers that affect low-income Americans. Adam’s work has also appeared in Business Insider, Forbes, Nasdaq, The Penny Hoarder, Yahoo! Finance and many other outlets.
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Published: Feb 28, 2024 7 min read
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The IRS has launched its Free File program for the 2024 tax season — with its largest-ever expansion to eligibility.

Now, anyone who earned an adjusted gross income (AGI) of $79,000 or less in 2023 can access guided tax prep that'll help them file their federal taxes online for free. The new income cap is $6,000 higher than last year’s $73,000, and, according to an analysis by Money, marks the largest annual increase in the program’s 22-year history.

Typically, the IRS adjusts the income limit by roughly $1,000 to $2,000 in any given year, if it changes the limit at all. The previous two tax seasons, for example, the IRS held the Free File income threshold steady at $73,000. Given the historic increase to the program's income threshold, many more Americans are expected to qualify for free online tax filing.

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