May 31, 2024

IRS to make its free direct filing program permanent

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Starting next year, a lot more people will be able to file their taxes electronically directly with the IRS without a middleman.

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An actually exciting update about doing your taxes

by Nova Safo

This past tax season the IRS ran a small trial run in a few states and says it went well, so the agency is making its direct file program — which is free — permanent.

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Israel-Hamas War

How Israel's economy is faring eight months into war with Hamas

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Alex Schroeder and Erika Soderstrom

May 31, 2024

Despite a contraction after the initial onset of the war, Israel's economy has rebounded dramatically.

One flashpoint raised by the Israel-Hamas War has been the continued exemption of ultraorthodox Jews from military service.

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