Mainers will be able to file federal taxes for free in 2025

Maura Pillsbury, state and local tax policy analyst for the progressive Maine Center on Economic Policy, who had previously called on Gov. Janet Mills’ administration to join Direct File, praised the decision.

“This is a big win for tax fairness and will save Mainers tens of millions of dollars in filing fees and unclaimed tax credits,” Pillsbury wrote in a statement. “Direct File will empower Maine taxpayers [to] get the refunds they’re entitled to and make filing their taxes so much easier.”

Click here to read the full story, first published August 9, 2024 in Maine Morning Star.