The FTC has filed in federal court for a restraining order against @Intuit over "the deceptive claim that consumers can file their taxes for free using TurboTax when in truth" they often cannot.

Posted to PACER around 90 minutes ago: www.documentcloud.org/documents/21561738-ftc-v-intuit-1-main

From the lengthy complaint:

The complaint today comes after more than two years of investigation: www.propublica.org/article/the-ftc-is-investigating-intuit-over-turbotax-practices

And more background on Lina Khan's stance on the case from @joshua_sisco www.theinformation.com/articles/ftc-pursues-turbotax-fraud-case-despite-supreme-court-mauling

For those following the TurboTax "Free" saga, it looks like the FTC has gotten lots of internal emails.

In one, an Intuit staffer hails "the ability to block" the truly free version of TurboTax as a potentially "great solution" if it ranks too high in search engine results

No immediate comment or response from Intuit on this FTC complaint, but here's what the company told me a few weeks ago on a related story:

www.documentcloud.org/documents/21272539-intuit-statement-feb-2022

Here's our full story on the FTC's case against Intuit.
www.propublica.org/article/ftc-sues-to-stop-deceptive-turbotax-free-ad-campaign

Intuit now says it is taking down its "Free, Free, Free" TV ads. But it's still actively marketing its TurboTax "Free" Edition ...