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Justin Elliott

@justinelliott
10 posts
2021-07-18
Intuit/@TurboTax says it's pulling out of the Free File program that offers free tax filling to most Americans, saying the company's goal is “to democratize financial services” https://www.intuit.com/... (1/3) https://twitter.com/...
2021-07-18 View on X
Bloomberg Law

TurboTax developer Intuit will leave the IRS Free File Program, which drew scrutiny in recent years after an investigation found Intuit hid free-filing options

Intuit Inc., the maker of TurboTax, is leaving an IRS program that offers millions of Americans the ability to file their taxes for free.

2021-02-25
NEW: Internal Facebook emails show how Sheryl Sandberg OK'd a censorship request from an authoritarian government. Execs cited “p.r. fires” and acceded to Turkish request to pull page of Kurdish party. https://www.propublica.org/... w/ @jackgillum https://twitter.com/...
2021-02-25 View on X
ProPublica

Emails show how Facebook responded to requests by Turkey to censor content during the authoritarian government's 2018 military offensive against Kurds

or risk getting shut down entirely. “I am fine with this,” wrote Sheryl Sandberg. My latest with @JustinElliott: https://www.propublica.org/... Jane Lytvynenko / @janelytv : “I am ...

2020-02-25
Credit Karma is an upstart TurboTax competitor offering free (for your data) tax prep. Did 1.5 million returns last year. Now Intuit trying to absorb it through acquisition. Does this deal pass #antitrust muster? https://twitter.com/...
2020-02-25 View on X
TechCrunch

Intuit confirms that it is buying Credit Karma for $7.1B in cash and stock and says it plans to keep Credit Karma as a standalone operation

The week is kicking off with a major piece of M&A in the world of financial technology startups.  Today Intuit — the accounting …

2020-01-02
New: Following our TurboTax stories, IRS has finally scrapped its almost 20-year pledge to not compete with the tax prep industry. Under new deal, Intuit et al also now barred from hiding Free File versions from Google w/ robots tag https://www.propublica.org/...
2020-01-02 View on X
ProPublica

IRS amends its deal with tax prep software firms, now barred from hiding free products from search, and ends its ban on making its own online filing system

Finding free online tax filing should be easier this year for millions of Americans.  —  The IRS announced significant changes Monday …

2020-01-01
New: Following our TurboTax stories, IRS has finally scrapped its almost 20-year pledge to not compete with the tax prep industry. Under new deal, Intuit et al also now barred from hiding Free File versions from Google w/ robots tag https://www.propublica.org/...
2020-01-01 View on X
ProPublica

IRS amends its deal with tax prep software firms, now barred from hiding free products from search, and ends its ban on making its own online filing system

Finding free online tax filing should be easier this year for millions of Americans.  —  The IRS announced significant changes Monday …

2019-10-20
Current and former Intuit staffers told us about how Intuit's staffers stress its values — “integrity without compromise” chief among them. Some joke it should be “compromise without integrity.” pic.twitter.com/geh00ke8Wf
2019-10-20 View on X
ProPublica

Inside Intuit's 20-year fight to make it harder to file taxes for free, including a pact with the IRS that kept a US-run service from competing with TurboTax

“integrity without compromise” chief among them. Some joke it should be “compromise without integrity.” pic.twitter.com/geh00ke8Wf Justin Elliott / @justinelliott : So, ProPublica'...

So, ProPublica's TurboTax coverage started in 2013 with @LizDay. Many others here have written on it since. This year @paulkiel and I decided to try to get inside Intuit. https://www.propublica.org/... The documents we obtained help explain why U.S. tax filing is not easy and free:
2019-10-20 View on X
ProPublica

Inside Intuit's 20-year fight to make it harder to file taxes for free, including a pact with the IRS that kept a US-run service from competing with TurboTax

“integrity without compromise” chief among them. Some joke it should be “compromise without integrity.” pic.twitter.com/geh00ke8Wf Justin Elliott / @justinelliott : So, ProPublica'...

2019-10-19
So, ProPublica's TurboTax coverage started in 2013 with @LizDay. Many others here have written on it since. This year @paulkiel and I decided to try to get inside Intuit. https://www.propublica.org/... The documents we obtained help explain why U.S. tax filing is not easy and free:
2019-10-19 View on X
ProPublica

Inside Intuit's 20-year fight to make it harder to file taxes for free, including a pact with the IRS that kept a US-run service from competing with TurboTax

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up for ProPublica's Big Story newsletter to receive stories …

Current and former Intuit staffers told us about how Intuit's staffers stress its values — “integrity without compromise” chief among them. Some joke it should be “compromise without integrity.” pic.twitter.com/geh00ke8Wf
2019-10-19 View on X
ProPublica

Inside Intuit's 20-year fight to make it harder to file taxes for free, including a pact with the IRS that kept a US-run service from competing with TurboTax

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up for ProPublica's Big Story newsletter to receive stories …

2019-08-23
Remarkable how deeply embedded in intel- and military-industrial complexes Amazon and Jeff Bezos already are https://www.propublica.org/... pic.twitter.com/MEBm9eDFOv
2019-08-23 View on X
ProPublica

Interviews with 36+ DOD and tech officials shed light on tech giants' fight for $10B Pentagon JEDI cloud contract using backdoor lobbying and an advisory board

something a defense secretary wouldn't normally do — but it was scuttled at the last minute because Bezos hadn't completed his security clearance. Great reporting here. https://www...