Add Los Angeles Times syndicated financial columnist Kathy Kristof to the list of experts exposing the warts on the IRS Free File program. Here's her column filing service riddled with fees as it appeared in the Detroit News (since the LA Times requires free registration). Kathy's lead:

Maybe they should call it "Fee File." The Internal Revenue Service's much ballyhooed online tax filing service -- dubbed "Free File" by its creators -- isn't always free, according to a congressional report issued Friday.