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FTC judge rules Intuit broke law, must stop advertising TurboTax as “free”::Intuit plans appeal, slams FTC's "predetermined decision."

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[-] stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world 4 points 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

[-] sfbing@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Google for "Intuit lobbying."

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

[-] stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

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

[-] babatazyah@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

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

[-] stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Is there though? I feel like your “businesses” decision to push for laws should be done as an individual citizen like everyone else. Idk again I don’t really see their point personally

[-] allthelolcats@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 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.

https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2019/04/03/709656642/episode-760-tax-hero

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