<story><title>Intuit sabotages the Child Tax Credit</title><url>https://pluralistic.net/2021/06/29/three-times-is-enemy-action/#ctc</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>cmckn</author><text>For sure. The IRS needs to offer a tax preparation platform, the grift in this industry is astounding. I&amp;#x27;ve always had decent experiences with TurboTax, but they&amp;#x27;ve gotten extremely good at making your taxes hell if you want to avoid giving them $89.99.</text></item><item><author>WisNorCan</author><text>Intuit is consistently one of the least ethical actors in tech. They have a monopoly position in many of their products and take advantage of some of the poorest people through misinformation and lobbying.&lt;p&gt;Facebook &amp;amp; Uber have received most of the heat over the past few years. Intuit has strangely avoided the same level of scrutiny.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>toomuchtodo</author><text>&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.propublica.org&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;inside-turbotax-20-year-fight-to-stop-americans-from-filing-their-taxes-for-free&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.propublica.org&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;inside-turbotax-20-year-f...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.propublica.org&amp;#x2F;series&amp;#x2F;the-turbotax-trap&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.propublica.org&amp;#x2F;series&amp;#x2F;the-turbotax-trap&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;“ProPublica has long detailed how Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, and other companies have worked against making tax preparation easier and less costly. They have lobbied to ban the IRS from offering free, simple tax filing. And they have deceived customers who should qualify for the Free File product.”</text></comment>
<story><title>Intuit sabotages the Child Tax Credit</title><url>https://pluralistic.net/2021/06/29/three-times-is-enemy-action/#ctc</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>cmckn</author><text>For sure. The IRS needs to offer a tax preparation platform, the grift in this industry is astounding. I&amp;#x27;ve always had decent experiences with TurboTax, but they&amp;#x27;ve gotten extremely good at making your taxes hell if you want to avoid giving them $89.99.</text></item><item><author>WisNorCan</author><text>Intuit is consistently one of the least ethical actors in tech. They have a monopoly position in many of their products and take advantage of some of the poorest people through misinformation and lobbying.&lt;p&gt;Facebook &amp;amp; Uber have received most of the heat over the past few years. Intuit has strangely avoided the same level of scrutiny.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>spinax</author><text>H&amp;amp;R Block wanted to upcharge me additional $$ just to fill out a Schedule D on top of the $$ tier fee (the past few years these forms were included in that tier price). They lost a long term (10yr?) customer by trying to grift me this year.&lt;p&gt;I used &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.taxslayer.com&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.taxslayer.com&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt; instead this past year, a bit more DIY but if you&amp;#x27;ve done your taxes for years and they&amp;#x27;re generally the same year after year it&amp;#x27;s not that hard to read your docs and type them in the boxes. You pay for Support level, not tax form access with this service.</text></comment>