In Chattanooga visit, IRS chief pitches new direct tax filing program — and vision for bolstered agency

Staff Photo by Alison Gerber / Danny Werfel, commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, speaks Thursday at the Chattanooga Times Free Press. Werfel visited Chattanooga to promote the agency's new direct file system, a pilot program for free online tax filing available in 12 states, including Tennessee.
Staff Photo by Alison Gerber / Danny Werfel, commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, speaks Thursday at the Chattanooga Times Free Press. Werfel visited Chattanooga to promote the agency's new direct file system, a pilot program for free online tax filing available in 12 states, including Tennessee.

IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel visited Chattanooga on Thursday to pitch a new way to directly file federal taxes online for free.

Tennessee is one of 12 pilot states participating this tax season in the IRS program — part of a vision Werfel laid out for an agency now bolstered by desperately-needed...

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