A $141 million settlement with Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, means that millions of people — many with lower incomes — will receive checks in the mail beginning this week. Turbo Tax maker Intuit settled a legal dispute last year over how the company handled the marketing of its tax preparation software from 2016 to 2018. About 4.4 million people who believed they were getting Turbo Tax for free ended up paying for the product — some reportedly as much as $100.
“By requiring consumers to pay for tax return services that should have been available for free, Intuit cheated taxpayers out of their hard-earned money,” Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry said in a statement about the legal settlement.
