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Kansans to share in TurboTax settlement

By Brian Hagen

05/05/2022

Former KS Atty General Derek Schmidt

(MSC News)--Kansans who were deceived by TurboTax into paying to file taxes which should have been free will get about $30 for every year they filed with the company’s deceitful practices according to the Attorney General.

Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said Wednesday nearly 40,000 Kansans will share about $1.18 million in restitution under a settlement agreement reached with TurboTax for deceiving customers to pay for tax services that should have been free.

AG Schmidt said all 50 states and the District of Columbia reached an agreement worth $141 million with Intuit, Inc., owner of the tax service.

In addition to restitution, the AG said Intuit has been ordered to suspend TurboTax’s “free, free, free” ad campaign which lured customers with the promise of free tax preparation services - only to deceive them into paying for the services, including paying to file their federal tax return.

Schmidt said the investigation found Intuit had engaged in several deceptive and unfair trade practices that limited consumers’ participation in the IRS Free File Program. He said the company used confusingly similar names for both its IRS Free File product and its commercial “freemium” product.

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