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- The FTC filed a lawsuit against H&R Block over what the commission called deceptive advertising.
- It alleges that H&R Block tricks users into starting with a higher-cost service, making downgrading difficult.
- This follows a similar FTC action against Intuit for misleading practices with its TurboTax service.
So-called "free" online tax filing services like Intuit's TurboTax and H&R Block's Online Filing option have, for a long time, not actually been free for many Americans.
But the FTC has now committed to taking them on one by one — most recently with a new lawsuit against H&R Block.