TurboTax’s parent company Intuit uses predatory business practices to prevent you from using cheaper tax prep software. Consider using cheaper, better, reputable alternatives this tax season.

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Why YSK: TurboTax has been scamming the American public for years, including me. They overcharge for basic tax filing services and pressure users to pay when they don’t need to. They utilize dark patterns in their software and lobby to stop the IRS from building its own public filing system for citizens to use.

Strong alternative for online filing ($0 federal, $15 state): FreeTaxUSA – https://www.freetaxusa.com/

NYT explanation of TurboTax’s sabotage of public filing system: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhV4Z76mXrI

Hasan Minhaj explanation of TurboTax’s predatory business practices: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xQQkzWhMOc

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