TaxAct Inc. customers have reached a settlement in a class action lawsuit alleging that the tax preparation company shared confidential taxpayer information with Meta and Google without their consent.

The new no-frills, no-cost tax-filing platform that lets people file their taxes directly with the Internal Revenue Service gets straight to the point. Need to file taxes on W-2 job wages while ...

H&R Block was hit with a federal class action lawsuit last week by two plaintiffs who allege they were misled when the company marketed a free online tax preparation service despite many customers ...

A class action settlement involving the popular online tax preparation service, TaxAct, is underway. This legal settlement involves users of TaxAct's online federal tax filing service between two and ...

After Filing, Here's How to Guard Against ID Theft March 20, 2012 -- Online tax tools--many offering free advice--can make filing your return this year a breeze. More good news: The IRS is giving you ...

A clear division is emerging between smaller independent RIAs and their larger billion-dollar competitors, as some firms ...

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H&R Block marketed its tax-preparation products as free yet deleted the data of customers as way to pressure them into paying for pricier services, the Federal Trade Commission alleged on Friday. The ...

The FTC specifically cautioned businesses against employing tracking technologies such as pixels to use or disclose consumers’ confidential information for advertising and marketing purposes. The ...

The IRS is developing a system that would let taxpayers send electronic returns directly to the government for free, sidestepping commercial options such as TurboTax. The agency plans a pilot test of ...