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How to file your taxes and get your refund for free in 2023

The Free File Alliance, a public-private partnership with the Internal Revenue Service, offers options to file your taxes for free.

Historically, April is tax time. (We will hold briefly for boos.) But there is a silver lining. Two, actually: Most people don’t need to pay for special software to file them. And if you’re fortunate enough to be a Californian, your state and federal taxes probably aren’t due until October.

You can thank the winter storm onslaught for the delayed deadline. The Internal Revenue Service and Gov. Gavin Newsom announced in March that for anyone who lives or works in the 51 counties affected by federal emergency and disaster declarations, the tax deadline is pushed back to Oct. 16. That

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