Maryland taxpayers can use IRS Direct File next year: What to know about free system

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : More: Long promised by Moore, state's service year option program starts off with launch eventJoe Starr, a spokesperson for the Federation of Tax Administrators, said the organization has worked with the IRS and the states to "support all free filing options for our nation's taxpayers," including Direct File.
50% : "Taxes are a part of the glue that keeps our state and our nation together," said Maryland Comptroller Brooke Lierman, during a Sept. 4 press conference, after listing beneficial uses of tax dollars from funding roads and schools to paying the salaries of law enforcement officers.
50% : The report from last year contained that information provided by the Federation of Tax Administrators, another D.C.-based center of research on tax administration.

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