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Response to FTC action “Deceptive” TurboTax “Free Tax Filing” Ad Campaign

News reports say Federal Trade Commission is asking a federal court for a restraining order barring Intuit from marketing TurboTax as “free.”  What is Intuit's response to this?  How's that case going?

https://www.propublica.org/article/ftc-sues-to-stop-deceptive-turbotax-free-ad-campaign

According to the March 2022 article:  The FTC began investigating TurboTax in 2019 in response to ProPublica stories describing how users had been lured into using the software with promises of free filing, only to discover later they had to pay fees to finish the process.


The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, where Intuit is based, accuses the company of engaging in deceptive marketing for years.

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