H&R Block

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...

Tax preparation company H&R Block sues Block, formerly Square, for trademark infringement, claiming Block's name and logo are “nearly identical” to its own

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 …