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TurboTax’s 20-year fight to stop Americans from filing taxes for free (2019)


Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.

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