Press release: “The Internal Revenue Service and its private-sector partners today announced the opening of this year’s Free File program with a series of improvements and changes to help taxpayers. The free tax preparation and free electronic filing initiative begins its fifth year with more consumer-friendly features and expanded services for Spanish-speaking taxpayers. Seventy percent of the nation’s taxpayers — 95 million Americans — qualify for Free File. This year, up to 20 Free File Alliance companies will participate in the program run by the IRS and the Free File Alliance, a consortium of tax preparation software companies.”