Intuit Turbotax Settlement Eligibility: Who qualifies for TurboTax settlement?

The owner of tax filling software Turbotax, Intuit has agreed to pay $141 million in a settlement with all 50 states for allegedly steering millions of low-income Americans away from free tax filing services.

The settlement comes after a 2019 ProPublica report that found the California based company used deceptive tactics to steer low-income customers toward its commercial products and away from federally supported free tax services.

Responding to this in a statement, Intuit said it admitted no wrongdoing as part of the agreement and it expects minimal impact to its business from the changes demanded in future.

Who qualifies for TurboTax settlement?

Those who qualify for TurboTax are customers who started using TurboTax’s Free edition for tax years 2016 through 2018 and were told they had to pay to file even though they were eligible to do so for free through IRS Free File program offered by TurboTax.