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1·2 months agoNo it’s not owned by them. Yes Intuit are scummy.
They used to be competitive and I used them 10+ years ago then suddenly their rates were crazy and I’ve been using freetaxusa ever since. ~$15 for state and federal
Tax act used to be good. TLDR, tried to sell to HR Block, then appointed Intuit(TurboTax) Ex CEO as president. Scalping of value and enshittification continued:
"…In October 2010, H&R Block said it would pay $287.5 million in cash to acquire the parent firm of TaxAct.[3] In May 2011 the U.S. Department of Justice attempted to stop the acquisition in an antitrust lawsuit.[4][5] In November 2011, a federal judge sided with the Justice Department, and both companies mutually terminated the contract.[6][7]
In January 2012, 2nd Story Software was sold to Seattle-based Blucora (formerly Infospace, Inc.) for more than $287 million.[8][9][10] In 2013, the name was officially changed to TaxAct Holdings, Inc. Subsequently, in October of the same year, TaxAct acquired Balance Financial, the company that specializes in personal finance tools and services.[11]
In 2018, former Intuit executive Curtis Campbell was appointed as the President of the company.[12]
In November 2022, private equity firm Cinven agreed to acquire TaxAct for about $720 million. Cinven announced it would combine…"
Illegal in California under the false advertising law unless something was the prevailing market price for 3 months prior.
2·3 months agoYou can’t triple stamp a double stamp! You can’t triple stamp a double stamp!
2·3 months agoSounds like some future GOP presidential candidate material if convicted!
Not really your main point but just wanted to mention Luddites are actually the original anti-capitalist revolutionaries; the term has since been misused to be synonymous with “anti-technology”, but they were anti-mechanization in factories only because they understood this would reduce their bargaining power, rights, and/or they would see none of the gains from increased productivity.
Since Tech finally made it clear in the last few years about it’s intent to abuse all users and employees who have been pulled into free, cheap and useful products in the last 20 years, it’s pretty clear why the Luddite mindset is not only relevant but essential.
Personally I’m a huge advocate for technological advancements, but in the US system of unregulated capitalism they can really only go bad for the common person. https://theluddite.org/#!home is a blog I found a few years ago and has some great perspectives on tech, worker rights and politics.
Tale as old as time
When rich people get affected, people go down
Ulterior
“(that means talking down to people)”
Thanks for simplifying that big word condescension for us…🤔
I remember a piece I read in about 2003, writer for new Yorker or Slate or something was home for the holidays with her Japanese-American family. Her family, around the Christmas table was talking about the post 9-11 world, was saying the US should have tighter security and more restrictions on “Muslims” in the US, though admitting the vast majority of them were the same as other citizens.
The writer was horrified that her family–who had a grandfather in Manzanar at the table–was so ready to trod down the same road only a few decades later despite their firsthand experience in the US after Pearl harbor.
If those folks are so easily manipulated by propaganda, what hope does an average person have?
Yep, and you don’t even get a measly half-dozen, just the one and it’s 🐔-sized.
It was VRBO actually, have never booked with them so have no idea if that’s an error or some insane "this is normal business approach. Didn’t book. Most times I’m tempted to do a house rental after looking at the prices, fees and amenities it almost never pencils out unless it’s a huge group trip.
This was on the page to book the res., it hadn’t been booked yet.
Guys who are here hate this one trick!