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18 plus until the 14th of April 2024, Tees and sees apply.

From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

Tax days almost here, but does the IRS's new direct file program look like a bust as a new poll

shows how much Americans know and don't know about the income tax meantime the House at last passes a bill on Friday to reauthorize the Section 702 surveillance

program.

Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal. We are joined today by my colleagues, columnist

Kim Strassal, and editorial board member, Manet Uquay Berua. America's least favorite holiday,

April 15th, the deadline for filing federal income taxes is just around the corner on Monday.

So consider this a friendly reminder to any procrastinators who have not yet finished the job themselves or who might still owe a final

sign off to their tax advisors.

But the IRS's latest promise to the public is that life could be a little bit easier with the IRS

direct file program. This is a pilot program that has been launched for people in 12

states part of an effort put into the Inflation Reduction Act.

And Kim, can you give us up more of a sense of what this program does and how is it going?

Yeah, and just to be clear, the history of this is worth going through.

So as you said, $15 million was inserted into the inflation reduction act by Elizabeth Warren.

She has taken credit for that, so the Progressive Senator from Massachusetts.

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