Potential Harris VP pick Shapiro will join Yellen to announce free tax filing in PA

• Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro will join Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in Philadelphia to launch the latest expansion of the IRS's free Direct File system.
• The event is an opportunity for Shapiro to co-sign the Biden-Harris economic agenda as he jockeys to become Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate.
• The Direct File system is set to become available to all 50 states starting in 2025.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro will join Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to announce that Pennsylvania, a key election battleground, is the next state to get access to the Internal Revenue Service's new free tax filing system.

With Harris set to select her running mate some time in the next 10 days, the event will offer Shapiro an opportunity for to co-sign the Biden-Harris economic agenda as he jockeys to become Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate.

"Taxpayers across the country have had to pay for-profit companies hundreds of dollars a year to file their taxes," Yellen plans to say at an event in Philadelphia, according to an excerpt of her prepared remarks. "The Inflation Reduction Act has enabled us to change this."

Pennsylvania House Democrats Brendan Boyle and Mary Gay Scanlon will also attend the event.

Shapiro is on a narrowing short list in Harris' veepstakes, along with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper took himself out of the running Monday night.

For Harris, the popular Pennsylvania governor could help to deliver a key swing state. His well-articulated stump speeches and high-dollar donor connections could also be assets to the Harris campaign as she sprints to Election