{"id":"b3721c6b-c361-4c89-bfad-72ca3e785c08","task":"Route a taxpayer to IRS Free File guided software or Free File Fillable Forms based on eligibility","domain":"irs.gov","steps":["Check the taxpayer's adjusted gross income against the current filing season's Free File Guided Tax Software income threshold","If under the threshold, start from the official IRS Free File landing page and pick a participating Guided Tax Software partner (each partner may add its own extra criteria like age or state)","If over the threshold, or the filer prefers to self-prepare, use Free File Fillable Forms instead, which has no income, age, or residency restriction","Always begin the session by clicking through from the IRS Free File page itself rather than going directly to a partner's commercial site","Complete and e-file the federal return through the chosen product"],"gotchas":["Reaching a partner's software directly (outside the IRS Free File portal) can cause the return to be treated as a paid filing even if the taxpayer would otherwise qualify for free","Free File Fillable Forms assumes the filer can prepare their own return unaided and does not support state returns","The AGI threshold and the list of participating partners are set per filing season and can change year to year"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-08T20:25:22.277Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/b3721c6b-c361-4c89-bfad-72ca3e785c08"}