Donate

Play Live Radio

Next Up:

0:00

0:00 0:00

Available On Air Stations

SC Public Radio's statewide network is experiencing intermittent outages and programming issues due to ongoing infrastructure upgrades. Our team is working to keep these disruptions to a minimum and to resolve issues that do arise. During broadcast outages, streaming on this site, the SCETV App, the NPR App, and smart speakers will remain unaffected.

How to file your taxes for free: Regulators accuse TurboTax owner of false advertising

NPR

Published April 13, 2022 at 12:40 PM EDT

Turbo Tax is seen on a devices. (Kimberly White/Getty Images for TurboTax)

Tax day is next week — April 18 — and if you’re one of the tens of millions of Americans who use TurboTax, you might be shelling out to file your taxes. That’s despite advertising from TurboTax parent company Intuit that suggests otherwise.

The Federal Trade Commission sued the company last month, alleging false advertising about supposedly free services. Here & Now‘s Jane Clayson speaks with ProPublica reporter Justin Elliott.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.