Class Action Alleges Intuit Identifies Habits Of TurboTax And QuickBooks Subscribers To FaceBook Without Consent

A class action alleges Intuit has secretly disclosed the identities and video-viewing habits of TurboTax and QuickBooks subscribers to Facebook without consent.
A proposed class action alleges Intuit has secretly disclosed the identities and video-viewing habits of TurboTax and QuickBooks subscribers to Facebook without consent.

The 20-page lawsuit claims that the financial software company, which owns and operates TurboTax.Intuit.com and QuickBooks.Intuit.com, discloses consumers’ personal information and video-viewing activity to Facebook as they watch educational videos on either site. The case argues that Intuit has violated the federal Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) by failing to obtain express written consent from its “hundreds of thousands” subscribers before disseminating their personally identifiable information to a third party.

You can read the article written by ClassAction.org at this link: https://www.classaction.org/news/intuit-secretly-shares-turbotax-quickbooks-subscribers-info-with-facebook-class-action-claims

You can read the lawsuit filing at https://www.classaction.org/media/moloney-v-intuit-inc.pdf

TaxConnections Blogger Jerry Donnini post what to do for a Florida Sales and Use AuditPart 2 Common Pitfalls

There are several issues that often surface during the audit. Many of the issues that surface are that the client does not have records, the client does not have a complete or updated QuickBooks or accounting software file, or the client has collected and remitted the incorrect amount of tax.

The most common issue we face is the situation in which the Florida taxpayer does not have adequate records to do a complete audit. Based on many of our clients, Florida is an extremely dangerous place to live. Until I became a Florida sales and use tax attorney, I was not aware of the high number of floods, fires, earthquakes, tsunamis and other natural disasters that destroy all of a business’s records. On a serious note, many taxpayers believe that not having any records is the best way to escape tax liability. However, generally the opposite is true. The more records that are available, generally, the more we can do to explain discrepancies that arise during the audit. Therefore, we recommend that a Taxpayer does its very best to salvage as many records as possible for review even if they are extremely damaged due to mother nature. Read More