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  1. 7 часов назад

    Also new: the provision of a tax bill that would make permanent the IRS' Free File deal with TurboTax et al. is coming under heightened criticism in the Senate, per Politico. Criticism from

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  2. 7 часов назад

    NEW: is demanding in letter to the IRS that the agency require / to give refunds to all customers that paid for filing even though they were eligible to do it for free

    I wrote to the IRS and FTC, asking that they investigate unfair trade practices by which suppress Google search results to steer taxpayers away from free filing and into their expensive products. This is very concerning predatory behavior, and I want answers.
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  3. ретвитнул(а)
    11 часов назад

    Do you work for or ? ? ? Hi. We'd like to hear about your job from your perspective.

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  4. ретвитнул(а)
    11 часов назад

    I wrote to the IRS and FTC, asking that they investigate unfair trade practices by which suppress Google search results to steer taxpayers away from free filing and into their expensive products. This is very concerning predatory behavior, and I want answers.

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  5. ретвитнул(а)
    28 апр.

    Saudia Arabia has been systematically spiriting its students out of the U.S. after they've been arrested for rape, manslaughter & other crimes. Literally, breaking their ankle bracelets & flying them out. What is the admin doing about it? Not much.

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  6. 28 апр.

    Update: Following publication of our story, TurboTax/ appears to have changed the code on its Free File page so it is now being indexed by search engines. And now I finally find the truly free edition when I Google ... too late for many folks.

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  7. ретвитнул(а)
    28 апр.

    This is great, extremely clarifying reporting

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  8. 27 апр.

    This is the CEO of Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, tweeting the company believes in “” Here’s our story of lower-income Americans‘ experience with the company:

    At , we believe in and empowering everyone to live the life they want by equipping them with the financial tools and resources they need. We recently surveyed Americans to learn how they define prosperity. Here’s what we learned:
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  9. ретвитнул(а)
    26 апр.

    Northwestern University President Morton Schapiro admits he PERSONALLY decides whether to accept about 550 applicants a year (!), adds they're recommended by "politicians to famous alums to trustee members" (!!), refuses to say how many he accepts (!!!)

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  10. ретвитнул(а)
    27 апр.

    ENRAGED. Over the past 3 years I’ve paid almost $600 to / so I could file fed/state on W-2 & 1099 income well below 33k. In addition to the search bot, their many emails every tax season point to paid service, not one mention of the free option I’m eligible for.

    NEW: We found TurboTax has *deliberately* hidden from Google its free option for lower-income Americans. did this by adding "robots" code that tells search engines not to find the free page. Many folks who could file for free were charged.
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  11. ретвитнул(а)
    26 апр.

    This is an enraging look inside the gang raids that get immigrant teenagers deported. The NYPD said it was arresting 120 members of a murderous gang. But none were accused of murder. Few were convicted of any violence. One was 9 credits shy of his MBA.

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  12. ретвитнул(а)
    27 апр.
    В ответ

    This is so weird. Here in Australia, the Tax Office has produced a free DIY tax return service for decades, first in paper form then online. I’ve also lived in UK where most people don’t file taxes but for those who must, such as self employed, it’s also a free online service.

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  13. 26 апр.

    NEW - statement from TurboTax / Intuit: "we are undertaking a thorough review of our search practices to ensure we are achieving our goal of increasing eligible taxpayers’ awareness of the IRS Free File Program and its availability."

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  14. ретвитнул(а)
    26 апр.

    Now, in post form

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  15. ретвитнул(а)
    26 апр.

    1/ We reported that is hiding its actual free version from Google. It doesn’t want you to see it. So we figured: What if we did the opposite of and *all* worked together to make the facts easy for everyone to find. Ready? Here we go.

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  16. 26 апр.

    We've collected stories of lower-income Americans tricked by TurboTax / into paying to file their taxes even when they could've done it for free. This seems to be part of the business model.

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  17. 26 апр.

    Have you worked for Intuit? I'm curious how the Free File/TurboTax issue is seen and handled inside the company. Signal: 774-826-6240. email: justin@propublica.org

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  18. ретвитнул(а)
    26 апр.

    Media folks ❤️ to sneer at SEO bc the paradigm of inaccessibility is important to some, I guess. But refusing to learn it is just ignoring a powerful tool for understanding society's interests at scale TurboTax didn't sleep on it + look what they could do

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  19. 26 апр.

    The folks that are affected by what TurboTax/ is doing here make under $34,000 per year. They should have been able to file for free but many were charged $100-$150. For example this reader:

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  20. 26 апр.

    Senator said in response to this story and our previous piece on TurboTax/Intuit's deceptive design tactics: “Intuit’s tactics to reduce access to the Free File program and confuse taxpayers are outrageous.”

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