United States of America: Announced FTC public lawsuit against Intuit over deceptive advertisements related to their "free" tax filing service

On 28 March 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had filed an administrative complaint against Intuit Inc. (Intuit) regarding their deception of consumers with allegedly deceptive advertisements related to their "free" tax filing service. Intuit, headquartered in California, is a US-based business software company provovides financial software. The FTC alleged that Intuit's ads misled consumers into thinking they could file taxes for free with TurboTax when, in reality, most people couldn't use the free service. The FTC filed an administrative complaint and a federal district court complaint to stop the deceptive advertising.