TurboTax owner to pay $2.5M to Colorado residents for deceiving people into paying for free services

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced Wednesday that Intuit Inc., the company that owns TurboTax, will pay more than $2.5 million to tens of thousands of Colorado residents who were deceived by the company.

An investigation aided by the Federal Trade Commission that spanned multiple states found that the company was deceiving low-income customers and military members into paying for tax services that should have been free.

ProPublica first reported that Intuit was using deceptive digital tactics in 2019, the attorney general’s office said in a statement.

Low-income and military residents are offered federally supported free tax services in a public-private partnership with TurboTax Free File and the IRS Free File Program, allowing those making $34,000 or less annually and military members to file their taxes for free.

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