Some TurboTax users can get settlement money from Intuit in 2023. Here's how.
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Some consumers who used Intuit's TurboTax could get up to $85 each as part of a 50-state settlement over the software maker's tactics that allegedly tricked consumers into paying for tax services that should have been free.
Under the settlement, Intuit must suspend its "free, free, free" ad campaign that promised free tax prep, but actually charged many consumers for the service, according to a Thursday statement by New York Attorney General Letitia James.
The $141 million settlement, which also includes residents in Washington, D.C., stems from a 2019 ProPublica report that found Intuit relied on deceptive tactics to steer low-income tax filers away from federally supported free services for which they qualified and into a product that charged a fee to file tax returns.
