TurboTax maker Intuit spent millions in record lobbying blitz

Re:TurboTax maker Intuit spent millions in record lobbying b... by popcalc on Sunday February 11, 2024 @03:30AM (#39333431)

>“As our business grows so does our engagement and education of policymakers on various issues, from AI to innovation that benefits individuals and small businesses to stronger consumer protections and tax simplification,” Intuit’s spokesperson told OpenSecrets.

Given the heavy presence of conversion-minded dark patterns in retail TurboTax, this is quite a brash statement.

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Re:TurboTax maker Intuit spent millions in record lobbying b... by dspillett on Sunday February 11, 2024 @04:45AM (#39333825)

> stronger consumer protections

Consumers must be protected from anything that might make them consider not using TurboTax!

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Re:TurboTax maker Intuit spent millions in record lobbying b... by zahma on Sunday February 11, 2024 @04:48AM (#39333846)

Thinly-veiled payola as the threat of free filing looms large over their extortionate business model. I don’t doubt there are some good use cases for TurboTax, but for the vast majority of tax filers, it’s excessive. Perhaps if the tax code wasn’t Byzantine and broken there’d be less of a case to make. Of course, TurboTax and filing firms have much reason to deter tax code simplification in addition to thwarting free filing[1].

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/taxes/turbotax-h-r-block-sp...

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Re:TurboTax maker Intuit spent millions in record lobbying b... by john-radio on Sunday February 11, 2024 @08:03AM (#39334708)

If you took away the dark patterns from TurboTax.com, there would be nothing left but the brand name and typeface.

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