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The U.S. government is suing Intuit, alleging that the owner of the widely used tax filing software TurboTax is lying to customers by claiming the product is free and then steering them toward paid services and products.The Federal Trad stanley cup e Commission filed a complaint on Monday in the Northern District of California and asked a court for an emergency motion to halt TurboTax ads. TurboTax is bombarding consumers with ads for free tax filing services, and then hitting them with charges when it s time to file, Samuel Levine, director of the FTC s Bureau of Consumer Protection, said in a statement. We are asking a court to immediatel stanley cup y halt this bait-and-switch, and to protect taxpayers at the peak of filing season. In a court filing, the FTC said ads for TurboTax should be put on hold to avoid victimizing consumer and alleges the company s marketing violates federal laws on deceptive and false advertising.Intuit denied that it is deceiving customers, saying in ablogpost that it has always followed IRS rules for free filing programs, calling the FTC s allegations simply not credible. TurboTax is the most widely used tax software in America, used by two-thirds of all tax filers, according to one estimate. Many of its ads tout its free option. I stanley cup n one recentspot, a dance instructor coaches an exercise class with the words: and free, and free, and freeeeeee. In another, a fast-talking auctioneer runs a cattle auction in which all Iehg Rachael DelTondo murder: Did a secret lead to the killing of the Aliquippa, Pa., teacher
BIRCH HARBOR, Maine ndash; Members of a Maine lobster boat crew used some Yankee ingenuity to rescue a waterlogged eagle they spotted struggling offshore in the North Atlantic.Lobsterman John Chipman, of Birch Harbor, said Monday that the struggling bird seemed to be relieved to see his boat and even tried to hop on board after Chipman came across nike dunk the unusual sight of an eagle flopping around about a quarter-mile offshore, near Schoodic Island. The way he was acting, I knew that he wanted help. He seemed to try to come to the boat on his own and tried to get in. He wanted out of the water, he said. Two retired police officers aboard the boat with Chipman, Kevin Meaney, of Ellsworth, Maine, and Michelle Ritzema, of Rockford, Michigan, fashioned a makeshift raft from a life preserver, a piece of plywood and rope to save the eagle last Thursday.The eagle hopped aboard the raft and eventually hoka was hauled onto the stern of the boat, where it d airmax ried off, Chipman said. The bird was missing an eye and appeared to be older. Chipman intended to deliver it to game wardens for care and rehabilitation, but the eagle had other ideas. After drying off, it spread its wings and flew away. More from CBS News Texas State of Mind
The U.S. government is suing Intuit, alleging that the owner of the widely used tax filing software TurboTax is lying to customers by claiming the product is free and then steering them toward paid services and products.The Federal Trad stanley cup e Commission filed a complaint on Monday in the Northern District of California and asked a court for an emergency motion to halt TurboTax ads. TurboTax is bombarding consumers with ads for free tax filing services, and then hitting them with charges when it s time to file, Samuel Levine, director of the FTC s Bureau of Consumer Protection, said in a statement. We are asking a court to immediatel stanley cup y halt this bait-and-switch, and to protect taxpayers at the peak of filing season. In a court filing, the FTC said ads for TurboTax should be put on hold to avoid victimizing consumer and alleges the company s marketing violates federal laws on deceptive and false advertising.Intuit denied that it is deceiving customers, saying in ablogpost that it has always followed IRS rules for free filing programs, calling the FTC s allegations simply not credible. TurboTax is the most widely used tax software in America, used by two-thirds of all tax filers, according to one estimate. Many of its ads tout its free option. I stanley cup n one recentspot, a dance instructor coaches an exercise class with the words: and free, and free, and freeeeeee. In another, a fast-talking auctioneer runs a cattle auction in which all Iehg Rachael DelTondo murder: Did a secret lead to the killing of the Aliquippa, Pa., teacher
BIRCH HARBOR, Maine ndash; Members of a Maine lobster boat crew used some Yankee ingenuity to rescue a waterlogged eagle they spotted struggling offshore in the North Atlantic.Lobsterman John Chipman, of Birch Harbor, said Monday that the struggling bird seemed to be relieved to see his boat and even tried to hop on board after Chipman came across nike dunk the unusual sight of an eagle flopping around about a quarter-mile offshore, near Schoodic Island. The way he was acting, I knew that he wanted help. He seemed to try to come to the boat on his own and tried to get in. He wanted out of the water, he said. Two retired police officers aboard the boat with Chipman, Kevin Meaney, of Ellsworth, Maine, and Michelle Ritzema, of Rockford, Michigan, fashioned a makeshift raft from a life preserver, a piece of plywood and rope to save the eagle last Thursday.The eagle hopped aboard the raft and eventually hoka was hauled onto the stern of the boat, where it d airmax ried off, Chipman said. The bird was missing an eye and appeared to be older. Chipman intended to deliver it to game wardens for care and rehabilitation, but the eagle had other ideas. After drying off, it spread its wings and flew away. More from CBS News Texas State of Mind