Since 2002, the Internal Revenue Service has agreed not to offer its free online tax filing service if for-profit online preparers offered a free option instead, but that truce is on shaky ground.
The agreement now faces heavy scrutiny after a ProPublica story earlier this week said H&R Block Inc. (NYSE: HRB) and Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU) are deliberately steering customers away from free offerings
ProPublica obtained an internal H&R Block document telling employees not to send clients to the…
Since 2002, the Internal Revenue Service has agreed not to offer its free online tax filing service if for-profit online preparers offered a free option instead, but that truce is on shaky ground.
The agreement now faces heavy scrutiny after a ProPublica story earlier this week said H&R Block Inc. (NYSE: HRB) and Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU) are deliberately steering customers away from free offerings
ProPublica obtained an internal H&R Block document telling employees not to send clients to the…