FTC judge rules Intuit broke law, must stop advertising TurboTax as “free” - Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Sasirin Pamai)
The Federal Tra... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1966820 #turbotax #policy #intuit #ftc
You know, this article regarding the IRS using AI for enforcement caused me to wonder if #TurboTax is selling its (our) data to the AI companies. Wouldn't surprise me.
A Federal Trade Commission judge ruled this week that #TurboTax parent company Intuit deceived consumers when it ran ads for “free” tax products for which many consumers were ineligible.
The #FTC began investigating TurboTax in 2019 in response to ProPublica's ongoing TurboTax Trap series, which detailed the ways #Intuit has kept taxpayers from accessing free & easy #tax filing:
TurboTax-maker Intuit offers an AI agent that provides financial tips - Enlarge (credit: Getty Images)
On Wednesday, TurboTax-maker In... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1965752 #largelanguagemodels #machinelearning #confabulation #hallucination #generativeai #intuitassist #creditkarma #quickbooks #mailchimp #aiethics #turbotax #chatgpt #chatgtp #biz #intuit #gpt-4 #tech #ai
Report reveals that commercial tax preparation software companies shared names, e-mail addresses, income, refund amounts, and more of taxpayer with Meta, Google, and other tech companies: https://www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Attacks%20on%20Tax%20Privacy_Formatted.pdf This is one more reason to call on the IRS to provide libre tax-filing software: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/call-on-the-irs-to-provide-libre-tax-filing-software #LibreTaxes #Facebook #Meta #Google #TurboTax
The IRS Tiptoes Into Offering Free Online Tax Filing — and Possible Competition With TurboTax
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In the wake of ProPublica’s reporting on misleading tactics of major tax-prep companies, #Congress asked the #IRS to examine whether it could offer free filing direct to #taxpayers. A new pilot program will test the concept.
Under the most optimistic scenario, it will be at least a few years before the IRS offers a direct option for millions of taxpayers.
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