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Re:FTC Is Investigating Intuit over TurboTax Practices by tekknolagi on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @12:15PM (#24409845)
People hate TurboTax because Intuit spends obscene amounts of money lobbying to keep the tax code complicated so they have a market.
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Re:FTC Is Investigating Intuit over TurboTax Practices by masklinn on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @01:39PM (#24410712)
They also spend obscene amounts of money killing online filing being provided by either state or fed.

They spent more than 1.2 million in direct lobbying against California's online tax preparation & declaration system pilot (ReadyReturn) between 2001 and 2010.

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