TurboTax customers, deceived into paying for what should have been free, will get checks soon from $141M settlement

TurboTax’s owner Intuit Inc. was ordered to pay $141 million to low-income consumers who were deceived into paying TurboTax to file their federal returns — despite being eligible for free, federally supported tax services. Now, customers are in line to get checks with repayments. (Gene J. Puskar / AP)

Millions of Americans who qualified for free tax services — but were instead deceived into paying TurboTax for their returns — will soon get settlement checks in the mail.

In a settlement last year, TurboTax’s owner Intuit Inc. was ordered to pay $141 million to 4.4 million people across the country.