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Tax Filing Websites Have Been Sending Users’ Financial Information to Facebook

Tax Filing Websites Have Been Sending Users’ Financial Information to Facebook

The Markup found services including TaxAct, TaxSlayer, and H&R Block sending sensitive data By: Simon Fondrie-Teitler, Angie Waller, and Colin Lecher Major tax filing services such as H&R Block, TaxAct, and TaxSlayer have been quietly transmitting sensitive financial information to Facebook when Americans file their taxes online, The

'Free' Tax Claims Spell $141 Million Penalty for Intuit's TurboTax

'Free' Tax Claims Spell $141 Million Penalty for Intuit's TurboTax

Just a few weeks ago, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) skewered Intuit for the “free, free, free” ad campaign for its TurboTax subsidiary. Now the company has agreed to pay $141 million to customers who were deceived by misleading promises of free tax-filing services. New York Attorney General Letitia James announced

Intuit Skewered for Influence Peddling and 'Free' Tax Filing Abuses

Intuit Skewered for Influence Peddling and 'Free' Tax Filing Abuses

Hiring former regulators and politicians as lobbyists and apologists is common in Washington. But Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) says Intuit has taken influence-peddling to new lows with the tactics it uses to defend its TurboTax product’s “bogus” advertising for free tax filing. Warren’s comments follow a Federal Trade

IRS Wants to Hear From Gig Workers

IRS Wants to Hear From Gig Workers

We hear a lot about how rich people supposedly don’t pay taxes. But the rest of us sometimes slip through the net as well, often using online payment platforms like PayPal, Venmo, CashApp and Zelle. This is about to get a bit more difficult. The Internal Revenue Service is