DOJ secures $2,370,000 for Wisconsin Turbo Tax filers.

Date06 May 2022
AuthorTeske, Ali

Byline: Ali Teske

The Wisconsin Department of Justice has secured $2,370,000 from the owner of TurboTax, Intuit Inc., for deceiving consumers into paying for tax services that should have been free.

The announcement came Thursday as a result of a multistate effort, led by New York and Tennessee. Intuit will pay restitution to millions of consumers across the nation who were unfairly charged. An investigation began after ProPublica reported that the company was using deceptive digital tactics to steer low-income consumers toward its commercial products and away from federally supported free tax services with their "free, free, free" ad campaigns.

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