Sources: the Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS' free Direct File tax program, after IRS staff were told in mid-March to stop working on it
apnews.com/article/irs-... Representative Seth Magaziner / @magaziner.house.gov : So instead of using technology to make government more efficient, DOGE is canceling technology to make big corporation...
The US FTC claims in an administrative complaint that H&R Block steered customers to higher-cost online tax filing products and made them difficult to downgrade
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The US FTC claims in an administrative complaint that H&R Block steered customers to higher-cost online tax filing products and made them difficult to downgrade
The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against tax prep company H&R Block for allegedly wasting consumers' time and money.
A congressional investigation led by Senator Elizabeth Warren finds popular tax filing tools “recklessly” sent data, like income, to Meta and Google for years
https://www.cnn.com/... Mastodon: Paul Cantrell / @inthehands@hachyderm.io : Just beating my old drum: — The fines involved could tip some of these companies into bankruptcy. — That's good. — Co...
H&R Block to acquire Toronto-based Wave Financial, which develops accounting, invoicing, and receipt-tracking software for small business owners, for $405M
Toronto-based Wave Financial, a financial planning platform for small business owners, is set to be acquired …
How a banner ad for H&R Block appeared on apple.com—without Apple's OK
without Apple's OK — The ghost of Steve Jobs will not be pleased to see this. — Zack Henkel — Robert Silvie returned to his parents' home for a Mardi Gras visit this year and immediately noticed ...
7 Ways to Optimize Your YouTube Tags
I can't get YouTube off my mind. With apologies to Gil Scott Heron, the revolution is being videoized. Contrary to popular opinion it just may be an ad revolution. H&R Block's recent promo for thei...
H&R Block puts tax software on USB thumbdrive
Yes, it's that time of year again. No, wedon't mean the post-holidays, post-CES, post-Macworld winter of discontent (well, we do, but that's another story).It's tax time! Or at least it's almost tax...