TurboTax's deceptive marketing /

Intuit, TurboTax's parent company, is faced with having to return USD 141 million to an estimated 4.4 million customers who were duped by TurboTax campaigns that promised free tax filing services from 2016 to 2018, only to force users to pay a fee anyway. A lawsuit against the company found tha...

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Main Author:	Borgenicht, Nicole (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : SAGE Publications: SAGE Business Cases Originals, 2022.
Series:	SAGE business cases.
Subjects:	TurboTax > Case studies. TurboTax Deceptive advertising > Case studies. Publicité mensongère > Études de cas. Deceptive advertising Electronic books. Case studies
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Intuit, TurboTax's parent company, is faced with having to return USD 141 million to an estimated 4.4 million customers who were duped by TurboTax campaigns that promised free tax filing services from 2016 to 2018, only to force users to pay a fee anyway. A lawsuit against the company found that Intuit had intentionally suppressed ad links to its free service, even rerouting customers who used the federal government's free filing partnership with TurboTax to services that they had to pay for, putting strain on low-income filers who thought they'd be getting a free service. This short case examines the misleading TurboTax campaigns and asks students to discuss them in the context of ethics, marketing, and advertising.
Physical Description:	1 online resource : illustrations.
ISBN:	9781529612271 1529612276