The 2026 tax filing season officially opened Monday, Jan. 26 for North Carolina residents, with the N.C. Department of Revenue beginning to accept individual returns for the 2025 tax year.

While the IRS Direct File program has been shut down, there are still ways to file your taxes for free. Here's what to know.

1.25 million North Carolina residents will be eligible to use the IRS’ Direct File tool for the 2025 tax season. Getty Images/iStockphoto Next year, eligible North Carolinians will be able to have ...

With tax season underway, North Carolina filers have lost one tool to complete their returns for free. The IRS Direct File system, a government-run tool that let some Americans file their federal ...

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North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore, and other House Republicans, are sponsoring a newly filed bill about citizen voting laws called HB 1074 that would not change who can vote in elections but ...

Next year, eligible North Carolinians will be able to have their taxes handled directly through the IRS for free. Gov. Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Revenue Secretary Ronald Penny ...