Re:TurboTax maker Intuit spent millions in record lobbying b...
by baby on Sunday February 11, 2024 @05:04AM
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^ recommend the above video and all the other videos of johnny harris. Definitely my favorite youtuber journalist.
Re:TurboTax maker Intuit spent millions in record lobbying b...
by orwin on Sunday February 11, 2024 @07:45AM
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The video above is clearly one of the most informative he made recently. I do think he is a really good storyteller and choose interesting subjects, and i know it is hard to impossible to be exhaustive, but his videos are information poor compared to their length. Which is a choice i think, to have a more compelling storytelling, and it's great when the video is on a subject i know nothing about.
But each time he talk about something i already know about, i'm a bit disappointed. And it's worse when he talks about subjects he know little about.
Re:TurboTax maker Intuit spent millions in record lobbying b...
by sneed_chucker on Sunday February 11, 2024 @09:58AM
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This video is good, but it seems to ignore that stuff like OLT and FreeTaxUSA exist where you can file federal taxes for free and state taxes for a small fee ($10 or $15).
It's true though that Intuit spends so much on advertising that few people understand that there are any alternatives to TurboTax or a CPA
I watched it expecting to hear it talk about an army of lobbyists. I watched it expecting to hear about Intuit promoting more complex tax code to ensure to ensure their relevancy. I watched it expecting to hear about how easy it would be for the government to pre-fill forms.
I was not only not expecting what I heard, but I was shocked that it's even worse than I thought. I was not expecting the fraud Intuit did for their "free" offering, nor their extremely bad faith marketing campaign that followed. I didn't know that multiple previous presidencies promised simple free online filing.
Very worth a watch.