Former IRS Commissioner David Kautter, now with RSM, discusses the recently released report on the feasibility of an IRS-run direct file program.

For additional coverage, read these articles in Tax Notes:

• Free Direct-File Pilot Will Launch Next Year, IRS Says
• Report of Free File Prototype Irks Top Senate Finance Republican
• Use of Free File Service Dropped This Filing Season, TIGTA Finds
• Will Free File Alliance Survive Competition From the IRS?

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Credits
Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jasper B. Smith, Paige Jones
Showrunner: Jordan Parrish
Audio Engineers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton Rhodes
Guest Relations: Alexis Hart