Mainers will soon be able to file federal tax returns online for free

The liberal Maine Center for Economic Policy had urged the administration of Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat, to join the program to ease the tax filing process and because a report found it could save Mainers up to $33 million in filing fees spent on tax preparation software from companies like TurboTax that have long lobbied against a free option.

Click here to read the full story, first published August 9, 2024 in the Bangor Daily News.