If you paid for TurboTax filing software when it should have been free, you may be eligible for part of a $141 million settlement. Here's how it works.
If you're one of those consumers eligible for a payment, you can expect to hear from Rust Consulting, the settlement fund administrator, by email, and checks will start being sent next week. There is no action required by those affected.
While most eligible consumers are expected to receive about $30, you may get up to $85 if you used TurboTax for the three consecutive years named. Although payments begin in May, some checks won't reach consumers until early June, depending on the mailing date, according to the . However, if you don't receive the funds by mid-June, you can request a reissue through the website with your claimant ID issued by email."TurboTax's predatory and deceptive marketing cheated millions of low-income Americans who were trying to fulfill their legal duties to file their taxes," James said. "Today we are righting that wrong and putting money back into the pockets of hardworking taxpayers who should have never paid to file their taxes.
While roughly 70% of taxpayers qualify for Free File, only 2% used it during the 2022 filing season, according to the National Taxpayer Advocate's
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