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TurboTax maker Intuit buys Credit Karma to corner personal financial data

Post author By Randall
Post date February 24, 2020
Categories In acquisition, business, credit, credit karma, finance, gear, Internet, intuit, mint, personal finance, Quickbooks, software, tax, taxes, Tech, turbotax, web

[ad_1] Credit Karma will run as a stand-alone outfit, with existing CEO Kenneth Lin still in charge. Intuit expects the acquisition to close in the second half of 2020 if it clears the regulatory process. The deal makes sense for Intuit. While it has the budgeting site Mint under its wing, it doesn’t have a […]

Tax prep companies can’t hide their free filing software from Google anymore

Post author By Randall
Post date December 31, 2019
Categories In free file, free file alliance, gear, internal revenue service, Internet, intuit, irs, Politics, services, tax, taxes, Tech, turbotax

[ad_1] This week, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced changes that will hopefully make it less stressful for a lot of Americans to file their taxes in 2020. In an addendum to the almost 20-year-old Free File agreement, the agency has put new protec… [ad_2] Source link

Tax prep companies can’t hide their free filing software from Google anymore

Post author By Randall
Post date December 31, 2019
Categories In free file, free file alliance, gear, internal revenue service, Internet, intuit, irs, Politics, services, tax, taxes, Tech, turbotax

[ad_1] Moving forward, the addendum prohibits TurboTax maker Intuit and the other nine companies that make up the Free File Alliance from “engaging in any practice” that would prevent their free software from showing up on Google or any other search engine. Additionally, all 10 companies must now stick to a standardized naming scheme so […]