Some free tax services already available can prepare your taxes now and submit them once the IRS starts accepting returns.

Tax season will officially start Monday, Jan. 27. The IRS expects more than 140 million individual returns for tax year 2024 to be filed ahead of the April 15 deadline. The agency began accepting returns via IRS Free File on Jan. 10 but they won’t be processed until the official start date.

Taxpayers in the United States prepare at the beginning of each year to have their returns ready during the tax season, which always begins at the end of January, where they will h