Warren, Blumenthal, Sanders, Porter Blast Intuit for Evading Questions About Its Massive Tax Breaks

Letter

Dear Mr. Goodarzi:
Earlier this month, we wrote to Intuit seeking information regarding the $94 million research tax
break your company received in 2022. In response, you sent a letter filled with false and misleading assertions about the IRS’s Direct File program—a simple, free e-File option for taxpayers under development—and no answers to our questions about the massive tax breaks you received while spending millions to lobby against free e-Filing.
This pattern of obfuscation and untruthfulness is nothing new. Only days after we received your
letter, the Federal Trade Commission determined that your company engaged in a campaign of
deceptive practices when it ran ads claiming that Intuit’s services were “free” despite that not being true for millions of taxpayers.
Last week, a new report revealed that Intuit spent a record $3.8 million to
lobby the federal government in 2023, including on issues involving the Inflation Reduction Act—the law that helps fund the IRS’s work on Direct File.

The American public deserves answers—not more deception—about how you are spending their
hard-earned dollars. Accordingly, we once again request that Intuit answer our questions about your company’s federal research tax breaks by February 7, 2024. We attach a copy of our original letter for your reference.
Sincerely,

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