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FTC judge rules Intuit broke law, must stop advertising TurboTax as “free” (arstechnica.com)
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FTC judge rules Intuit broke law, must stop advertising TurboTax as “free”::Intuit plans appeal, slams FTC's "predetermined decision."

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[–] BombOmOm 107 points 2 years ago (32 children)

The 'gotacha' up-charge 70% of the way through your taxes where you can't use the form you legally need to fill out unless you give them $40 did extract money from me. Got tired of that shit and went to Free Tax USA.

[–] stevedidWHAT 47 points 2 years ago (28 children)

The fact that the govt has the balls to tell me to figure out how much I owe them is hysterical. Especially when they supposedly know (at least roughly) how much I should owe

[–] Hikiru 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Companies like TurboTax bribe politicians to not pass laws that would require you be told how much you owe

[–] stevedidWHAT 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Wow, I’d never heard of this. Was there a specific story or article you read about this or did you mean that loosely

[–] sfbing 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Google for "Intuit lobbying."

It's not literally bribery; it's corporate America at work. Effectively bribery, IMHO.

[–] stevedidWHAT 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lobbying is brain aids I don’t understand what it’s legitimate purpose is

[–] babatazyah 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There can be value in lobbying. But this ain't it.

[–] stevedidWHAT 2 points 2 years ago

Is there though? I feel like your “businesses” decision to push for laws should be done as an individual citizen like everyone else. Idk again I don’t really see their point personally

[–] allthelolcats 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Here is a great NPR podcast on it. But basically they tried it in California, people liked it, TurboTax didn’t and lobbied against it. They sent you how much you owed and you could verify it, confirm, and send it back super simple.

https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2019/04/03/709656642/episode-760-tax-hero

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