Confidential Video: Intuit CEO Says Hiding Free TurboTax Was in "Best Interest of Taxpayers"
Channel: ProPublica
Date: 2019-05-15

An internal video obtained by ProPublica shows Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi defending the company and attacking critics. 

In response to our reporting on Intuit’s search practices, Goodarzi said the company was trying to help consumers by steering them to “educational content” instead of TurboTax’s free filing website.

ProPublica has long detailed how Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, and other companies have worked against the government creating its own tax preparation and filing system. Read all of our reporting here: https://propub.li/2VoS013

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