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The Federal Trade Commission ruled in a final order and opinion Monday that TurboTax, the popular tax filing software, engaged in deceptive advertising and banned the company from advertising its services for free unless it is free for all customers.

The Federal Trade Commission ruled in a final order and opinion Monday that TurboTax, the popular tax filing software, engaged in deceptive advertising and banned the company from advertising its services for free unless it is free for all customers.

By running ads for “free” tax services that many customers were not qualified for, the tax filing software violated the FTC Act and deceived consumers, the agency said.

The FTC had first sued Intuit, TurboTax’s owner, for its deceptive advertising in 2022. The FTC staff alleged most tax filers couldn’t use the company’s “free” services — “such as those who get a 1099 form for work in the gig economy, or those who earn farm income.” TurboTax advertising their products as free misled those customers, according to the FTC.

  • cybersandwich@lemmy.world
    23·
    10 months ago

    Huge W for the Biden Administration.

    I feel like this is the kind of shit he’s been coordinating in the background that doesn’t get the credit it deserves. Yea yea,I know we are talking about it here but it should be a bigger deal because this is what good government should look like.

    Love him or hate him, he’s moving th needle in a few areas in a positive way.

    I still think he’s one of the most underrated Presidents we’ve ever had.