Louisiana Consumers to Receive Checks in the Mail Without
Needing to File a Claim
BATON ROUGE, LA – Attorney General Jeff Landry today
announced that consumers who were tricked by TurboTax’s owner Intuit into
paying for free tax services will begin receiving checks from a $141 million multistate settlement announced in May 2022. Approximately 4.4 million consumers
nationwide will receive checks in the mail from the agreement signed by all 50
states and the District of Columbia.
Louisiana will receive $1,834,090.82 for the 60,237 affected
consumers tricked into paying to file their federal tax return. Eligible
consumers will be contacted by email about the settlement. Checks will be
mailed throughout May 2023.
“Through deceptive marketing, Intuit cheated more than
60,000 of our low-income neighbors in Louisiana,” said Attorney General Landry.
“Today, we are getting money back into those taxpayers’ pockets.”
Eligible consumers include those who paid to file their
federal tax returns through TurboTax for tax years 2016, 2017, and 2018 but
were eligible to file for free through the IRS Free File Program. Consumers who
are eligible for a payment will be notified by email by the settlement fund
administrator, Rust Consulting. These consumers will receive a check in the
mail automatically, without filing a claim. Checks are expected to be mailed
out starting next week.
The amount each consumer receives will be based on the
number of tax years for which they qualify. Most consumers are expected to
receive between $29 and $30. For more information about who is covered by the
settlement and information about the settlement fund, please visit www.AGTurboTaxSettlement.com.