Idaho residents who paid to file their taxes in 2017-2019 despite qualifying to file for free are receiving payments under a nationwide settlement with Intuit, the company behind tax filing software TurboTax.
Eligible TurboTax customers qualify automatically for the payment, and do not have to opt into the settlement. They should have already received an email from the settlement administrator and will receive a physical check in the mail.
“It’s possible your payment will not be mailed until late May, and therefore you may not receive your payment until early June,” according to the settlement website, run by a third-party administrator.
The checks to Idahoans are sent by “State of Idaho, Office of the Attorney General, Intuit Multistate Settlement Administrator” from a post office box in Minnesota.
The settlement agreement was announced last year after ProPublica reporting revealed the company used deceptive marketing practices to upgrade and upcharge customers who qualified to file for free.
Each affected customer is expected to receive about $30 for each tax year they qualified under the settlement, or up to $90. The settlement between Intuit and all 50 states plus Washington, D.C., totals $141 million.
Idaho Reports has asked the Idaho Attorney General’s Office for comment.
