
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


The IRS offers some taxpayers the option to file their taxes online for free using commercial software. But this year, fewer companies will be participating. Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, is out, and it has been in a fight with many of its customers since a 2019 ProPublica investigation found that the company allegedly misled consumers into paying for supposedly free services. Marketplace’s Kimberly Adams speaks with Justin Elliott, one of the reporters who broke the story, He says TurboTax has tried to shield itself from traditional class-action suits.
Give today to support Marketplace Tech.
By Marketplace4.5
12471,247 ratings
The IRS offers some taxpayers the option to file their taxes online for free using commercial software. But this year, fewer companies will be participating. Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, is out, and it has been in a fight with many of its customers since a 2019 ProPublica investigation found that the company allegedly misled consumers into paying for supposedly free services. Marketplace’s Kimberly Adams speaks with Justin Elliott, one of the reporters who broke the story, He says TurboTax has tried to shield itself from traditional class-action suits.
Give today to support Marketplace Tech.

31,987 Listeners

30,716 Listeners

8,761 Listeners

925 Listeners

1,389 Listeners

1,706 Listeners

4,332 Listeners

2,178 Listeners

5,488 Listeners

56,516 Listeners

1,447 Listeners

9,535 Listeners

3,590 Listeners

6,445 Listeners

6,397 Listeners

163 Listeners

2,997 Listeners

5,511 Listeners

1,379 Listeners

90 Listeners