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Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants the FTC to investigate tax prep companies and their free-file programs. Warren wants to know if “tax preparation companies’ efforts to hide Free File from internet search engine results constitute unfair and deceptive practices."
Warren and other Democratic lawmakers want the FTC to determine if “these companies may have entered into an illegal agreement to do so.” Sens. Bernie Sanders, Cory Booker and Ron Wyden among lawmakers who have signed letter to FTC. src.bna.com/HTy
Democrats also sent a letter to IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig asking him what he plans to do in response to ProPublica articles “that several Free File Alliance members deliberately hid their Free File editions from the public?” src.bna.com/HTz
ProPublica has published a series of articles that detail efforts by the tax preparation industry to keep low-income taxpayers from filing for free. The articles have stalled a larger bill to restructure the IRS.
