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FTC judge rules Intuit broke law, must stop advertising TurboTax as “free” (arstechnica.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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It’s about time that Intuit was called out for their scam. Hopefully, the attempt to stop the federal tax filing will get dismissed as well.

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[–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

It is absolutely wild that it's so bad over there, that you're gushing over a service that should just be provided by the government in the first place (and is, in most developed countries)

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    For context, the reason I'm hating on Intuit and H&R Block and encouraging people to use FreeTaxUSA is because the first two are the main culprits behind the extensive lobbying that has led to the US government continuing to require people to file their own taxes rather than modernizing and making this process free and easy. My "gushing" is in pursuit of changing the broken system you're pointing out.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Sorry, didn't mean it to come across as insulting, just that it's a weird situation you even need to be praising one of the others. I hope it gets better

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago*

    No worries. You're right that it's absurd that we need to fight so much for our government to protect us from blatant corporate for-profit schemes. There was a time when even the US government at least did us the honor of pretending to not take bribes like this. The Intuit tax return money machine is such an obviously fixable problem. All my 20-something friends in the US know that this problem only exists because of lobbying. It's disgusting to watch elected representatives become so comfortable with their positions that they feel safe enacting policies that hurt their constituents like this.

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