State Attorneys General settle with TurboTax Maker over Free Tax Preparation Services
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Earlier this week, 50 states and D.C. obtained a $141 million settlement with Intuit related to its advertising of free and freemium TurboTax products. This settlement, which took the form of an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance (a special kind of settlement authorized by many state unfair and deceptive trade practice laws), concluded a three year investigation of the company, and is an example of a bipartisan and nearly unanimous effort among state AGs to address a consumer protection matter. However, it came as a precursor to several state AGs pulling out of the National Association of Attorneys General signaling division within the State AG community.