Punchbowl News AM: Tax.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Angus King (I-Maine) requested that the Government Accountability Office conduct a review of options for free tax filing since the Trump Administration axed the Direct File program.

The senators, in a letter sent Sunday night, asked GAO to address concerns about the costs, user experience and accessibility of the existing Free File system, due to what they called “a history of misconduct” by the program’s private-sector partners. According to previous studies referenced in the senators’ letter, Free File partners have misled eligible taxpayers into paying for tax help and have improperly shared taxpayer data on occasion.

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