On September 8, the FTC’s Chief Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) issued an initial decision finding that a company providing tax filing software services engaged in deceptive advertising practices in violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act. In March of 2022, the FTC filed an administrative complaint alleging that the company’s advertisements misled consumers into believing that any user could file their taxes for free on the company’s platform, when in reality, the free service offerings were only available to approximately one third of tax filers.

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