FTC bans TurboTax from advertising ‘free’ services, calls it deceptive::The Federal Trade Commission ruled in a final order and opinion Monday that TurboTax, the popular tax filing software, engaged in deceptive advertising and banned the company from advertising its services for free unless it is free for all customers.
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Actually, the standard deduction doesn’t mean people can’t itemize, it means it doesn’t make financial sense to itemize. Itemizing is worse for them. If they want to itemize, they’re still allowed to.
… At least that’s what TurboTax and the other FreeFile program I used claimed.
