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记录显示，马萨诸塞州联邦参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦多年来一直推广免费的政府报税系统，但当该系统在她所在州上线后，她并未使用。
早在2016年，沃伦就呼吁推出免费的IRS在线税务申报服务，这一项目后来演变为“直接申报”（Direct File）。这位参议员曾宣扬，该服务能帮助纳税人节省时间和金钱。然而，当“直接申报”在2024报税季于马萨诸塞州启动试点时，沃伦公开的纳税申报表显示，她选择了聘用私人会计师。
2024报税季期间，沃伦不符合使用“直接申报”的资格，因为她当年没有选择标准扣除额。批评人士指出，该项目设置的标准扣除额限制，恰恰证明了该项目覆盖范围过窄，无法服务众多纳税人。
“‘直接申报’试点项目对纳税人来说是巨大的胜利，”沃伦在2024年4月表示，“今年，数千名纳税人节省了数小时的时间，省下了通常用于TurboTax等收费报税服务的150美元——这笔钱可以用来购买 groceries或支付房租……我很高兴能继续与IRS和财政部合作，将这一便捷免费的报税方案永久推广并扩大范围，惠及所有美国人。”
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“短短几分钟内，内幕人士似乎就像强盗一样大发横财，利用有关战争的机密信息牟利，”沃伦说道。（希瑟·迪尔/盖蒂图片社）
沃伦将自己标榜为“直接申报”系统的核心立法推动者之一。
“多年来，沃伦参议员一直是‘直接申报’项目最坚定的支持者——但她自己的纳税申报表显示，她反而聘用了私人会计师，”右翼财政倡导组织“纳税人保护联盟”（TPA）主席大卫·威廉姆斯告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
“‘直接申报’无法妥善处理投资、房产和利息收入——这限制了美国人应得的税收抵免和扣除额。从根本上说，作为税务申报服务商、税款征收方和审计方，政府没有动力去最大化这些扣除额度，”他补充道。
特朗普政府于2025年暂停了“直接申报”项目，随后IRS通知各州，该项目将不会在2026报税季上线。
即便在自己2024报税季使用私人会计师而非“直接申报”的纳税记录被公开后，沃伦仍在继续推动该系统。2026年4月15日纳税日当天，沃伦在参议院提交了一项新近提出的法案，旨在恢复该项目。
“报税本应简单免费……让我们为民众节省时间和金钱，向美国人民证明政府能够为他们服务，”沃伦说道。
沃伦在激烈听证会上猛烈抨击特朗普提名的美联储主席候选人凯文·沃什
2026年4月21日周二，马萨诸塞州联邦参议员、 ranking member伊丽莎白·沃伦在参议院银行、住房和城市事务委员会就凯文·沃什的美联储主席提名确认听证会上对其进行质询。（汤姆·威廉姆斯/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via 盖蒂图片社）
根据IRS的一份报告，2024报税季期间，“直接申报”的使用率较低，在预计1900万符合资格的美国人中，仅有161042人通过该系统提交了报税表。
但在使用过该服务的人群中，90%的人将其体验评为“极佳”或“优于平均水平”，IRS的数据显示。绝大多数受访者表示，“直接申报”操作简便，客服支持质量很高。
然而，“纳税人保护联盟”称，根据通过《信息自由法》获取的用户反馈分析，25%的“直接申报”用户给出了负面评价，理由是该系统存在种种问题。
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2025年9月4日，马萨诸塞州联邦参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦在华盛顿特区参议院财政委员会听证会上发言，卫生与公众服务部长罗伯特·肯尼迪· Jr. 也出席了此次听证会。（安德鲁·哈尼克/盖蒂图片社）
“直接申报”的批评者，如保守派经济学家斯蒂芬·摩尔认为，让有动机最大化税收收入的IRS为美国人准备报税材料，会造成利益冲突，而且考虑到行政成本，该项目并非真正免费。与此同时，左翼倡导组织“公共市民”等支持者则认为，取消报税成本每年可为纳税人节省数十亿美元，而公共支出相对较少。
包括Intuit和H&R Block在内的报税公司曾大力游说，试图扼杀“直接申报”项目，因为许多人认为该项目会挤压它们的利润空间。
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Warren pushed ‘free and easy’ IRS filing system, but docs reveal what she used instead
May 4, 2026 6:30pm EDT / Fox News
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., didn’t use the free government tax-filing system she had spent years promoting when it became available in her state, records show.
As far back as 2016, Warren pushed for a free IRS online tax preparation and filing service, a precursor to what became Direct File. The senator touted it as a way for taxpayers to save time and money. When Direct File launched a pilot program serving Massachusetts for the 2024 tax-filing season, however, Warren’s publicly released tax return indicated that she opted to use a private accountant instead.
Warren was ineligible to use Direct File during the 2024 tax-filing season because she chose not to take the standard deduction that year. The standard deduction under the program is a restriction critics say illustrates why the program was too limited to serve many taxpayers.
“The Direct File pilot program has been a huge win for taxpayers,” Warren said in April 2024. “This year, thousands of taxpayers saved hours of their time and the $150 typically spent on TurboTax and other junk filing fees — money that could be spent on groceries or rent … I’m excited to continue to work with the IRS and the Treasury Department to permanently extend and expand this free and easy tax filing solution for Americans.”
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Warren has characterized herself as one of the top legislative architects of the Direct File system.
“For years, Senator Warren has been the Direct File program’s biggest champion — yet her own tax returns show she hired a private accountant,” David Williams, president of the Taxpayer Protection Alliance (TPA), a right-of-center fiscal advocacy group, told Fox News Digital.
“Direct File was ill-equipped to handle investment, property and interest income — limiting the tax credits and deductions Americans deserve. At its core, the government would not have any incentive — as the tax preparer, collector, and auditor — to maximize those deductions,” he added.
The Trump administration moved to suspend Direct File in 2025, and the IRS later told states the program would not be available for the 2026 filing season.
Even after her own return showed she used a private accountant and not Direct File for the 2024 tax-filing season, Warren continued to push for the system. On April 15, Tax Day 2026, Warren took a recently-introduced bill to the Senate floor seeking to revive the program.
“Filing your taxes should be easy and free … Let’s save people time and money, and show the American people that government can work for them,” Warren said.
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Usage of the Direct File was low during the 2024 tax-filing season, with only 161,042 of the estimated 19 million eligible Americans submitting returns through it, according to an IRS report.
Among those who did use the service, however, 90% rated their experience as “excellent” or “above average,” according to the IRS. Large majorities of respondents reported that Direct File was easy to use and had high quality customer service support.
The TPA, however, says that 25% of Direct File users rated their experiences negatively, citing its analysis of user responses obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request.
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. appears before a Senate Finance Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 4, 2025.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Critics of Direct File, such as conservative economist Stephen Moore, have argued that allowing the IRS, which has an incentive to maximize tax revenue, to prepare taxes for Americans creates a conflict of interest and that the program isn’t truly free, given its administrative costs. Proponents like the left-of-center advocacy group Public Citizen, meanwhile, argue that eliminating filing costs could save taxpayers billions of dollars per year at a relatively minor public expense.
Firms such as Intuit and H&R Block lobbied aggressively to kill Direct File, which many believed would cut into their profits.
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Warren’s office did not respond to multiple requests for comment sent Monday.
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