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Those affected were low-income consumers eligible for free tax services — but paid TurboTax to file their IRS returns during the 2016, 2017 and 2018 tax years due to “predatory and deceptive marketing.”

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....

Settlement checks are expected to go out next week for people who were deceived into using paid TurboTax services when they qualified for free product

In a settlement agreement last year, 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

Millions of Americans who qualified for free tax services were instead deceived into paying TurboTax for their returns.

A multi-state settlement found that TurboTax parent Intuit tricked customers into paying for federal tax filing services they could have received for free.

TurboTax customers to receive checks for $141M settlement from 41NBC News | WMGT-DT

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said up to 170,000 Ohioans are eligible.

TurboTax’s owner Intuit Inc. was ordered to pay $141 million to low-income consumers who were deceived into paying TurboTax to fie their federal returns.

All 50 states and the District of Columbia signed the May 2022 settlement, which was led by New York Attorney General Letitia James.