Illinois residents “deceived into paying for tax services that were available for free” will soon begin receiving checks as part of a nationwide, multistate settlement with TurboTax owner Intuit Inc., Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced this week.
Illinois residents"deceived into paying for tax services that were available for free" will soon begin receiving checks as part of a nationwide, multistate settlement with TurboTax owner Intuit Inc., Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced this week.
The company behind the TurboTax tax-filing program had earlier agreed to pay $141 million to customers across the United States, including in Illinois, over the allegations, officialsUnder the terms of a settlement signed by the attorneys general of all 50 states, Mountain View, California-based Intuit Inc. will suspend TurboTax’s “free, free, free” ad campaign and pay restitution to nearly 4.4 million taxpayers.
“Intuit deceived customers into paying for their products while attempting to diminish free tax services available through the federal government,” Raoul said. “I am pleased that consumers will start to receive checks under the settlement, which holds Intuit accountable for intentionally deceiving taxpayers simply to increase sales of their products.”
Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weeklyUnder the agreement, Intuit will provide restitution to consumers who started using the commercial TurboTax Free Edition for tax years 2016 through 2018 and were told that they had to pay to file even though they were eligible for the version of TurboTax offered as part of the IRS Free File program.
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