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The IRS free tax-filing program Direct File saved users $160 each. Now it may come to an end.

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Taxpayers save $ 160 in tax preparation fees and hours of their time, an advocacy group says.

Taxpayers spend $100 billion each year to prepare and file their returns.

The IRS 's Direct File program was developed to help taxpayers avoid paying tax-prep and filing fees.

Republican lawmakers and tax-prefiling companies say the program is a waste of taxpayer money.