Comment on FTC judge rules Intuit broke law, must stop advertising TurboTax as “free”

• stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Wow, I’d never heard of this. Was there a specific story or article you read about this or did you mean that loosely

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  • sfbing@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Google for “Intuit lobbying.”

    It’s not literally bribery; it’s corporate America at work. Effectively bribery, IMHO.

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    • stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Lobbying is brain aids I don’t understand what it’s legitimate purpose is

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      • babatazyah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        There can be value in lobbying. But this ain’t it.

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  • allthelolcats@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Here is a great NPR podcast on it. But basically they tried it in California, people liked it, TurboTax didn’t and lobbied against it. They sent you how much you owed and you could verify it, confirm, and send it back super simple.

    www.npr.org/transcripts/521132960

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