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California CPA, May, 2003
A bevy of consumer groups recently filed complaints with the Treasury Department, accusing H&R Block with the misuse of taxpayer financial data.
The charges stem from use of a free H&R Block tax service--"Free File"--through the IRS website.
Users of this service are hit with pop-up ads specifically tailored to their tax return information.
In their complaint, the groups, led by the publisher of Consumer Reports, call this level of marketing "extremely troubling."
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The Treasury Department has forwarded the matter to the IRS for review.
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