FTC sues Intuit for its deceptive TurboTax “free” filing campaign

Re:FTC sues Intuit for its deceptive TurboTax “free” filing ... by moduspol on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @08:48PM (#30850278)

I had the same situation once (a missed 1099) and my biggest complaint is that they waited almost a year to let me know. And of course by then it was quite late so I owed them even more money!

Even if they can't tell me what numbers they expect when I file, it seems like they could at least let me know within a few weeks if they're pretty sure I missed a 1099. Heck, I typically file at least a month early. They could let me know before April 15 and I could have just fixed it! Ugh.

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Re:FTC sues Intuit for its deceptive TurboTax “free” filing ... by zw123456 on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @09:14PM (#30850451)

Exactly my complaint as well!

They could send me a monthly statement like my city government does. Instead, they wait a year to let me know I slipped up and then charge me interest. Guys, if you know I slipped up now you could have told me a year ago.

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Re:FTC sues Intuit for its deceptive TurboTax “free” filing ... by KennyBlanken on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @09:22PM (#30850493)

This is not purposeful but likely a side effect of them still relying on ancient COBOL mainframes that seem unable to keep up with the growing population (and thus growing number of tax filers.)

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