Turbotax pays $141 million in compensation for false advertising

Intuit, the parent company of Internet tax filing software TurboTax, has paid $141 million in damages across 50 states for unfairly charging nearly 4.4 million users with clever advertising agreed to

Although victims, mostly low-income, were able to file their tax return for free through the IRS’ Free File Program, they were charged unnecessary service charges using TurboTax.

Reimbursement will be paid to users who used the tax filing software from 2016 to 2018. If you used TurboTax Free Edition in that year, you do not need to take any action, up to a maximum of $30 per person per year. Received $90 Refund