Attorney General: Some Arkansans to receive settlement checks from TurboTax owner Intuit

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Some Arkansans who used the tax software TurboTax will likely be seeing a settlement check in their mailbox soon.

Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin said Arkansans who used TurboTax during the filing years of 2016, 2017 and 2018 will be receiving a check in May from the state’s portion of a settlement from TurboTax’s owner, Intuit.

According to the attorney general’s office, 37,353 Arkansans will share in Arkansas’ $1,135,660 portion of the settlement.

“It is gratifying to see Arkansans be made whole through this settlement after being misled into paying for a free service,” Griffin said in a statement. “I encourage anyone who has questions about this settlement payment to contact my office.”

In the settlement last year, Intuit was ordered to distribute $141 million to those who had to pay TurboTax to...