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78-418: Intuit offered a free online service called TurboTax Free File as well as a similarly named service called TurboTax Free Edition which is not free for most users. In 2019, investigations by ProPublica found that Intuit deliberately steered taxpayers from the free TurboTax Free File to the paid TurboTax Free Edition using tactics including search engine delisting and a deceptive discount targeted to members of

156-505: A tax preparation product called WINTAX – Canada's first Microsoft Windows -based personal tax preparation software. In 1993, they agreed to be acquired by Chipsoft, manufacturer of the U.S. personal income tax software TurboTax . Shortly after the WINTAX acquisition, Chipsoft agreed to merge with Intuit, the developer of the Quicken financial software. Intuit Canada continued to update and support

234-548: A 12-member advisory board of professional journalists. The newsgroup shares its work under the Creative Commons no-derivative, non-commercial license. On August 5, 2015, Yelp announced a partnership with ProPublica to bring improved healthcare data into Yelp's statistics on healthcare providers. While the Sandler Foundation provided ProPublica with significant financial support, it also has received funding from

312-511: A 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting. This piece was adapted into the 2019 Netflix series Unbelievable . In 2016, ProPublica published an investigation of the COMPAS algorithm used by U.S. courts to assess the likelihood of a defendant becoming a recidivist . Led by Julia Angwin , the investigation found that "blacks are almost twice as likely as whites to be labeled a higher risk but not actually re-offend," whereas COMPAS "makes

390-566: A Crime That Doesn’t Exist. Almost Nothing Happened to the Adults in Charge", revealed that county authorities had charged some of the children under non-existent laws, as directed by Judge Donna Scott Davenport , and that, among Tennessee children referred to juvenile court, the statewide rate of incarceration was five percent, while in Rutherford County it was 48 percent. The article was a finalist in

468-417: A by-then bankrupt software company that had developed on-demand customer relationship management software. In April 2009, it acquired Boorah, a restaurant review site. On June 2, 2009, it announced the signing of a definitive agreement to purchase PayCycle Inc., an online payroll services, in an all-cash transaction for approximately $ 170 million. On September 14, 2009, Intuit Inc. agreed to acquire Mint.com ,

546-416: A competitor to Quicken called Microsoft Money . To win retailers' loyalty, Intuit included a US$ 15 rebate coupon, redeemable on software customers purchased in their stores. This was the first time a software company offered a rebate. Roughly around the same time the company engaged John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins and diversified its product lineup. In 1993 Intuit went public and used the proceeds to make

624-622: A controversial government practice of family separation at the southern border. Also in 2019, ProPublica reporter Hannah Dreier was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for her series that followed immigrants on Long Island whose lives were shattered by a botched crackdown on MS-13 . In May 2020, ProPublica won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for illuminating public safety gaps in Alaska . In that same year, ProPublica also won

702-1087: A data consulting firm. On October 30, 2013, it acquired Full Slate, a developer of appointment scheduling software for small businesses. In November 2013, Intuit acquired Prestwick Services, LLC, and incorporated TruPay into its Employee Management Solutions Division. In May 2014, Intuit Inc. bought Invitco to help bookkeepers put bill processing in the cloud. In May 2014, it acquired Check for approximately $ 360 million to offer bill pay across small business and personal finance products. In December 2014, it. acquired Acrede, UK-based provider of global, cross-border and cloud-based payroll services. In March 2015, Intuit Inc. acquired Playbook HR. In January 2016, Intuit Inc. announced an agreement to sell Demandforce to Internet Brands . On March 3, 2016, Intuit announced plans to sell Quicken to H.I.G. Capital . On March 8, 2016, it announced plans to sell Quickbase to private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe . In October 2016, Intuit acquired Bankstream to integrate direct bank feeds into QuickBooks. On May 1, 2017, Intuit announced it

780-436: A free online personal finance service, for $ 170 million. On January 15, 2010, Intuit Inc. spun off Intuit Real Estate Solutions (which Intuit acquired in 2002) as a stand-alone company. The new company took on its previous moniker, and is now known as MRI Software . On May 21, 2010, Intuit acquired MedFusion, a Cary, NC leader of Patient to Provider communications for approximately $ 91 million. On August 10, 2010, it. acquired

858-603: A free online service called TurboTax Free File as well as a similarly named service called TurboTax Free Edition which is not free for most users. TurboTax Free File was developed as part of an agreement whereby members of the Free File Alliance would offer tax preparation for individuals below an income threshold for free in exchange for the IRS not providing taxpayers with free pre-filled forms. In 2019, investigations by ProPublica found that Intuit deliberately steered taxpayers from

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936-772: A key acquisition: the tax-preparation software company Chipsoft based in San Diego . The time after the IPO was marked by rapid growth and culminated with a buyout offer from Microsoft in 1994; at this time Intuit's market capitalization reached US$ 2 billion . However, the United States Department of Justice sued to block the acquisition. The company came under intense pressure in the late 1990s when Microsoft started to compete vigorously with its core Quicken business. In response, Intuit launched new web-based products and put more emphasis on QuickBooks and on TurboTax. The company made

1014-476: A living. It is generally used by larger firms with more complex workflows and clients. On March 2, 1999, Intuit acquired Computing Resources Inc. of Reno, Nevada for approximately $ 200 million. This acquisition allowed Intuit to offer a payroll processing platform through its QuickBooks software program. In December 1999, Intuit purchased Rock Financial for a sum of $ 532M. The company was renamed Quicken Loans . In June 2002, Rock Financial founder Dan Gilbert led

1092-656: A market capitalization of about US$ 50 billion. In August 2018, the company announced that Sasan Goodarzi would become Intuit's leader and CEO at the beginning of 2019. Previous CEO Brad Smith will remain chairman of Intuit's board of directors. In August 2020, Intuit QuickBooks Canada was expected to reveal intentions to partner with Digital Main Street, as the company aims to help digitally turn Canadian small businesses. In July 2024, Intuit announced it would lay off 1,800 employees, or 10% of its workforce, in order to refocus resources on generative AI initiatives. Intuit formerly offered

1170-616: A number of investments around this time. Among others, it purchased a large stake in Excite and acquired Lacerte Software, a Dallas -based developer of tax preparation software used by tax professionals. It also divested its online bill payment service unit in exchange for an equity stake in CheckFree . In June 2013, Intuit announced it would sell its financial services unit to private equity firm Thoma Bravo for $ 1.03 billion. As of May 2018, Intuit had more than US$ 5 billion in annual revenue and

1248-629: A programmer, he ended up running into Tom Proulx at Stanford University . The two started Intuit, which initially operated out of a modest room on University Avenue in Palo Alto. The first version of Quicken was coded in Microsoft's BASIC programming language for the IBM PC and UCSD Pascal for the Apple II by Tom Proulx and had to contend with a dozen serious competitors. In 1991, Microsoft decided to produce

1326-429: A provider of online banking services. On August 17, 2007, Intuit sold Eclipse ERP to Activant , for $ 100.5 million in cash . In December 2007, it acquired Electronic Clearing House to add check processing power.In December 2007, it acquired Homestead Technologies which offers web site creation and e-commerce tools targeted at the small business market, for $ 170 million. In December 2008, it acquired Entellium ,

1404-520: A public-private partnership between IRS and private-sector tax software companies, allows lower- and middle-income taxpayers to use name-brand tax preparation software to prepare and file tax forms for free. For 2022, anyone whose adjusted gross income is $ 73,000 or less will be eligible for at least one software product. There are 7 products from which to choose. Each software provider sets its own eligibility requirements, generally related to income, state residency, age, military service or eligibility for

1482-633: A rebuttal of the investigation's findings. ProPublica conducted a large-scale, circumscribed investigation on Psychiatric Solutions , a company based in Tennessee that buys failing hospitals, cuts staff, and accumulates profit. The report covered patient deaths at numerous Psychiatric Solutions facilities, the failing physical plant at many of their facilities, and covered the State of Florida 's first closure of Manatee Palms Youth Services , which has since been shut down by Florida officials once again. Their report

1560-450: A simple fill-in-the blank format (however, it does perform math calculations). Free File Fillable Forms is best for taxpayers who are comfortable preparing their own tax returns or who have been long-time paper filers. There are no income restrictions for using Free File Fillable Forms. It does not support any state tax returns. ProPublica ProPublica ( / p r oʊ ˈ p ʌ b l ɪ k ə / ), legally Pro Publica, Inc. ,

1638-555: A small group of private investors in purchasing the Quicken Loans subsidiary back from Intuit. In 2001, Intuit invested in UK market, hiring a local management team led by Stephen Lee, managing director, and Neil Atkins, marketing director, with an aim to become Europe's leading B2B & B2C packaged accounts solution. In 2002, the firm acquired Management Reports International , a Cleveland-based real estate management software firm. The firm

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1716-538: A successful business plan, starting costs calculator, cash flow calculator, break-even calculator, templates for business planning and sample business plans. TaxAlmanac was a free online tax research resource. The site included information including the Internal Revenue Code, Treasury Regulations, Tax Court Cases, and a variety of articles. This site was up for closure but due to massive feedback, has reminded up. It has however been archived since June 2014, meaning

1794-555: A tax preparation software company based in San Diego. In 1994, the firm acquired the tax preparation software division of Best Programs of Reston, VA. In the same year, Intuit acquired Parsons Technology from Bob Parsons for $ 64 million. In 1996, it acquired GALT Technologies, Inc of Pittsburgh, PA. In 1998, it acquired Lacerte Software Corp., which now operates as an Intuit subsidiary. The Lacerte subsidiary focuses on tax software used by professional accountants who prepare taxes for

1872-637: A tax-free Roth IRA account through his investments in private companies. Attorney General Merrick Garland told lawmakers that investigating the source of the release would be a top priority for the Justice Department. Research by ProPublica and Nashville Public Radio found juvenile incarcerations in Rutherford County, Tennessee , to be far higher than the national average. The investigation, published in October 2021 as "Black Children Were Jailed for

1950-477: A taxpayer chooses a product, they will be directed off the IRS.gov site and onto the Alliance member's website to complete their federal tax return. Another component of Free File is Free File Fillable Forms, which is available to all taxpayers, including taxpayers whose adjusted gross incomes (AGI) are greater than $ 73,000. It is an alternative to Free File Software, although both are free. Free File Fillable Forms

2028-564: A variety of platforms including application software , software connected to services , software as a service , platform as a service and mobile applications . Intuit Canada has employees located all across Canada, with offices in Edmonton , Alberta , and Toronto , Ontario . Intuit Canada traces its origins to the 1993 acquisition by Intuit of a Canadian tax preparation software developer. In 1992, Edmontonians and University of Alberta graduates Bruce Johnson and Chad Frederick had built

2106-539: Is a nonprofit investigative journalism organization based in New York City. ProPublica's investigations are conducted by its staff of full-time investigative reporters, and the resulting stories are distributed to news partners for publication or broadcast. In some cases, reporters from both ProPublica and its partners work together on a story. ProPublica has partnered with more than 90 different news organizations and has won several Pulitzer Prizes . In 2010, it became

2184-667: Is adjusted and typically increases slightly for each tax-filing season. The service is available through the IRS's website at www.irs.gov/freefile . Free fillable forms also are available to all taxpayers as part of the Free File Program. More than 65 million American taxpayers have used Free File since its inception in 2003. Using a conservative savings estimate of $ 30 per return, the IRS Free File Program has saved taxpayers nearly $ 2 billion that they otherwise would have spent for tax preparation during this period. Through

2262-461: Is on the board of ProPublica. ProPublica, along with other major news outlets, received grant funding from Sam Bankman-Fried , the founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX . ProPublica has attracted attention for the salaries it pays its employees. In 2008, Paul Steiger, the editor of ProPublica, received a salary of $ 570,000. Steiger was formerly the managing editor at The Wall Street Journal , where his total compensation (including options )

2340-462: Is operated by a private organization, the Free File Alliance and not the IRS. Though IRS links to it, they do not endorse it or any product. Free File Fillable Forms is an electronic version of IRS paper forms. Free File Fillable Forms does not include any elaborate cross-checking or question-and-answer formats (such as is found in many of the Free File Software packages), instead it is

2418-539: Is the subject of multiple lawsuits and is under investigation by the FTC and several state attorneys general . On May 4, 2022, Intuit agreed to pay a $ 141 million settlement over misleading advertisements. CEO Sasan Goodarzi oversees all products in all countries. Intuit Canada ULC , an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Intuit, is a developer of financial management and tax preparation software for personal finance and small business accounting . Services are delivered on

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2496-473: The Canada Revenue Agency forced Intuit and other tax preparing software companies to limit the number of returns available from their software to 20. This caused Intuit Canada to stop offering QuickTax Pro50 and Pro100 products, and they now offer QuickTax 20 as an alternative. Intuit Canada has since announced that for the 2010 tax year, they will discontinue use of the name QuickTax and replace it with

2574-626: The Golden West Financial Corporation , who have committed $ 10 million a year to the project. The Sandlers hired Paul Steiger , former managing editor of The Wall Street Journal , to create and run the organization as editor in chief. At the time ProPublica was set up, Steiger responded to concerns about the role of the left-leaning political views of the Sandlers, saying on The Newshour with Jim Lehrer : Coming into this, when I talked to Herb and Marion Sandler, one of my concerns

2652-648: The Knight Foundation , MacArthur Foundation , Pew Charitable Trusts , Ford Foundation , the Carnegie Corporation , and the Atlantic Philanthropies . ProPublica and the Knight Foundation have various connections. For example, Paul Steiger, executive chairman of ProPublica, is a trustee of the Knight Foundation. In like manner, Alberto Ibarguen, the president and CEO of the Knight Foundation

2730-570: The earned income tax credit . Free File is free for federal tax returns only. However, some Free File Alliance members offer state return software for a fee or for free. Most of the software products, but not all, use an interview format in which you are asked questions and your answers are used to populate the electronic form. This format helps taxpayers get the tax credits and deductions to which they are eligible. It also means taxpayers do not have to be experts in income tax law . Alliance members cannot sell any refund anticipation loan products through

2808-511: The 2022 Inflation Reduction Act , signed into law by President Joe Biden . The Free File Alliance is a consortium of commercial tax preparation software providers that offer their brand-name tax software products for free to lower and middle-income tax filers. Each member is allowed to set eligibility requirements for their software products. However, the cumulative offers must allow 70 percent of U.S. taxpayers - approximately 100 million people - to be eligible for at least one product. Each year,

2886-536: The 2022 National Magazine Awards . Reportage continued by podcast , with The Kids of Rutherford County . In 2021, ProPublica published the results of a two-year analytical project involving examining billions of rows of EPA data to create a map to chart industrial pollution at the neighborhood level – the first of its kind. In five years' worth of EPA data, ProPublica identified over 1,000 toxic hotspots nationwide, estimating that 250,000 people living near these areas may have been exposed to levels of cancer risk that

2964-538: The EPA deems unacceptable. ProPublica intended to represent data in a way where the public can understand the risk of breathing the air where they live. Through the map, the town of Verona, Missouri was identified to have an industrial cancer risk 27 times larger than the acceptable value. Subsequently, the EPA agreed to install three air monitors to track ethylene oxide concentration in Verona. Additional "hot spots" identified on

3042-677: The Free File Alliance ending their participation in the Free File Program, there have been renewed calls for the IRS to develop and offer their own free tax-filing software to taxpayers. In November 2001, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Quicksilver Task Force established 24 e-government initiatives that were a part of the President's Management Agenda. These initiatives were designed to improve Government to Government, Government to Business, and Government to Citizen electronic capabilities. One initiative, IRS Free File, instructed

3120-405: The Free File Program effective as of the 2021 tax season. For tax-filing season 2023, seven tax software companies are participating in the Free File Program. For tax-filing season 2024, the IRS announced a pilot of Direct File , where people can calculate and submit their federal taxes and some state taxes in partnership with select state tax agencies for free. This initiative came as a result of

3198-527: The Free File Program. Subsequent investigations by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the New York State Department of Financial Services confirmed these findings. As of the 2021 tax filing season, the two most used tax-filing software programs (TurboTax and H&R Block) no longer participate in the Free File Program. With the two largest members of

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3276-459: The Free File service. To use IRS Free File, taxpayers generally go through the IRS website. There, taxpayers can find a tax software product one of two ways. They can review a list of companies and their offers. Or, they can use a simple web tool that asks a few questions - such as income, state residency and age - and the tool will locate those software products for which taxpayers are eligible. Once

3354-440: The IRS to provide free and secure online tax return preparation and filing services to taxpayers. In accordance with this OMB directive, the IRS began working in partnership with the tax software industry to develop a solution. The result was the formation of the Free File Alliance, LLC, a group of tax software companies who provide free commercial online tax preparation and electronic filing services. According to investigations by

3432-756: The Intuit Websites and Weblistings products which had been formed from the Homestead Technologies and StepUp Commerce acquisitions. On July 1, 2013, it announced an agreement to sell their Intuit Financial Services (IFS) business unit (formerly known as Digital Insight) to Thoma Bravo for more than $ 1.03 billion. On August 19, 2013, it announced that they had sold their Intuit Health business unit (formerly known as MedFusion) back to MedFusion's founder, Steve Malik . In August 2013, Intuit Inc. acquired tax planning software Good April for an undisclosed amount. On October 23, 2013, it acquired Level Up Analytics,

3510-607: The Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for coverage of the United States Navy and the collisions of the USS Fitzgerald and USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) with civilian vessels in separate incidents in the western Pacific. The stories were written by T. Christian Miller , Megan Rose and Robert Faturechi. In 2021 and 2022, ProPublica journalists Lisa Song and Mark Olalde won SEAL Awards for consistent excellence in environmental reporting. In May 2024, ProPublica won

3588-753: The Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for reporting on the billionaires giving gifts to the US Supreme Court 's justices and covering their travel expenses. The stories were written by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott, Brett Murphy , Alex Mierjeski and Kirsten Berg. In July 2024, Mary Hudetz was presented with the Richard LaCourse Award for Investigative Journalism by the Indigenous Journalists Association for her work on ProPublica’s "The Repatriation Project." Her reporting, which focused on

3666-610: The WINTAX software, which was renamed QuickTax in 1995 and then renamed TurboTax in 2010. Intuit Canada quickly became the hub for international development at Intuit, producing localized versions of Quicken and QuickBooks for Canada (in French and English) and the United Kingdom. The U.K. version of Quicken was discontinued in 2005. In 2008, Intuit Canada discontinued the TaxWiz software and added QuickTax Basic to their lineup. Changes made by

3744-473: The Web" in which TaxAlmanac was selected as one of the 50. The product made the short list as one of the 7 in the collaboration category. Intuit archives TaxAlmanac effective June 1, 2014. Many of the users have migrated to a new site called TaxProTalk.com. Zipingo was a free website where users could rate services such as contractors , restaurants , and other businesses. Ratings and comments were either entered from

3822-640: The ability to process credit cards through its core product, QuickBooks, without the need for hardware leasing. They can also provide traditional terminal-based credit card processing and downloading transactions directly into the QuickBooks software. In November 2005, Intuit acquired MyCorporation.com, an online business document filing service, for $ 20 million from original founders Philip and Nellie Akalp. In September 2006, it acquired StepUp Commerce, an online localized product listing syndicator, for $ 60 million in cash. In December 2006, it acquired Digital Insight ,

3900-414: The board of directors, on which I sit and which Herb is the chairman, does not know in advance what we're going to report on. ProPublica had an initial news staff of 28 reporters and editors, including Pulitzer Prize winners Charles Ornstein , Tracy Weber , Jeff Gerth , and Marcus Stern . Steiger was reported to have received 850 applications upon ProPublica's announcement. The organization appointed

3978-477: The complexities and obstacles in repatriating Native American remains and sacred objects from museums and universities "had rippling effects at the institutional level down to Indigenous communities and peoples". T. Christian Miller of ProPublica and Ken Armstrong of The Marshall Project collaborated on this piece about the process that discovered a serial rapist in Colorado and Washington state. The piece won

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4056-537: The dataset they are collecting. For example, the Minneapolis Star Tribune partnered with ProPublica to write about reporting of hate crimes in Minnesota. In 2015, ProPublica launched Surgeon Scorecard, an interactive database that allows users to view complication rates for eight common elective procedures. The tool allows users to find surgeons and hospitals, and see their complication rates. The database

4134-519: The effects of eviction cases. The app was nominated for a Livingston Award . In June 2021, after receiving leaked, hacked, or stolen IRS documents, ProPublica published a report which claimed that tax rates for the wealthiest Americans were significantly lower than the average middle class tax rate, if unrealized capital gains are considered as equivalent to earned income . ProPublica would later reveal that technology investor and political donor Peter Thiel legally earned more than $ 5 billion in

4212-517: The existing content can be accessed and viewed but no new posts or comments can be made after this archival. Modeled after English Misplaced Pages , TaxAlmanac was launched in May 2005. The June 6, 2005 edition of Time magazine featured an article entitled "It's a Wiki, Wiki World" about English Misplaced Pages in which TaxAlmanac was highlighted as "A Community of Customers". The November 21, 2005 edition of Business Week featured an article titled "50 Smart Ways to Use

4290-472: The first online news source to win a Pulitzer Prize; the story chronicled the urgent life-and-death decisions made by one hospital's exhausted doctors when they were cut off by the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina , and was published both in The New York Times Magazine and ProPublica's website. ProPublica was the brainchild of Herbert and Marion Sandler , the former chief executives of

4368-454: The free TurboTax Free File to the paid TurboTax Free Edition using tactics including search engine delisting and a deceptive discount targeted to members of the military. Subsequent investigations by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the New York State Department of Financial Services reached similar conclusions, the latter concluding that Intuit engaged in "unfair and abusive practices". As of 2022, Intuit

4446-506: The functions of its personal accounting software Mint into Credit Karma 's net worth product line and retired Mint. Free File The IRS Free File Program is a service that allows U.S. taxpayers to prepare and e-file their federal income tax returns for free. Through the program, commercial tax software companies that are part of the Free File Alliance offer free tax preparation software to tax filers with annual adjusted gross income (AGI) below $ 73,000 for Tax Year 2022. The AGI

4524-412: The income limit for eligibility is adjusted to reach 70 percent of the taxpayers. The income limit for 2022 (tax year 2021) is set at $ 73,000, though some Free File software providers choose to set the income threshold lower. Agreements between the IRS and the Free File Alliance are publicly available. The latest memorandum of understanding was signed in 2021 and runs through 2023. The Free File Program,

4602-457: The involvement of Gina Haspel in enhanced interrogation techniques at a black site in Thailand. The report focused particularly on the harsh methods used on Abu Zubaydah , including waterboarding, confinement in small boxes, and wall slamming. In 2018, ProPublica retracted part of its 2017 report that incorrectly stated Gina Haspel was in charge of the black site. This retraction came after Haspel

4680-517: The map include the city of Longview in eastern Texas; the most high-risk area of Longview has a risk level 72 times greater than the EPA's acceptable risk. This most high-risk area is the home of Texas Eastman Chemical Plant. According to ProPublica, its analysis of the plant's emissions detected ethylene oxide and 1-3 butadiene . The Texas Eastman Chemical Plant says it has conducted its own tests which "have revealed no areas of concern." In 2017, ProPublica published an investigative report detailing

4758-676: The military. As of the 2021 tax filing season, TurboTax no longer participates in the Free File Alliance . Intuit has lobbied extensively against the IRS providing taxpayers with free pre-filled forms, which is the norm in developed countries. The company was founded in 1983 by Scott Cook and Tom Proulx in Palo Alto, California . Intuit was conceived by Scott Cook, whose prior work at Procter & Gamble helped him realize that personal computers would lend themselves towards replacements for paper-and-pencil based personal accounting. On his quest to find

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4836-425: The name TurboTax – thus bringing the product in line with Intuit's American tax-filing software. Intuit has had several online communities, some of which offer integration or cross-sells into its other products. These include the QuickBooks and TurboTax online communities for QuickBooks users and small business owners and tax payers respectively, Quicken Online Community for Quicken users and those who need help with

4914-422: The news organization ProPublica , TurboTax maker Intuit allegedly engaged in practices that hid the Free File Program from eligible taxpayers, and attempted to trick eligible taxpayers into paying for services they might be eligible to receive for free. In 2020, H&R Block ended its participation in the Free File Program. In July 2021, Intuit announced that its TurboTax product would no longer participate in

4992-473: The opposite mistake among whites: They are much more likely than blacks to be labeled lower-risk but go on to commit other crimes." They also found that only 20 percent of people predicted to commit violent crimes actually went on to do so. COMPAS developer Northpointe criticized ProPublica’s methodology, while a team at the Community Resources for Justice , a criminal justice think tank , published

5070-624: The personal finance management app Cha-Ching. On June 28, 2011, it acquired the Web banking technology assets of Mobile Money Ventures, a mobile finance provider, for an undisclosed amount. This acquisition is expected to position Intuit as the largest online and mobile technology provider to financial institutions. On May 18, 2012, it. acquired Demandforce, an automated small business marketing, and customer communications SaaS provider for approximately $ 423.5 million. On August 15, 2012, it announced an agreement to sell their 'Grow Your Business' business unit to Endurance International . The sale included

5148-548: The personal finances, and the Accountant Online Community and Jump Up. These communities have consisted of blogs, an expert locator map and event calendar, forums and discussion groups, podcasts, videocasts and webinars, and other user-created content. JumpUp (formerly JackRabbit Beta) was a free social networking and resources site for small business owners and/or start-ups. Free tools and services included an interactive business planner, online training for developing

5226-490: The program, 70% of U.S. taxpayers are eligible to use commercial software for free to file their tax returns and almost all taxpayers can use free fillable electronic versions of paper forms to electronically file their tax returns, though less than 5% of eligible individuals do so. In 2019, investigations by ProPublica asserted that companies such as Intuit (makers of TurboTax) and H&R Block misled taxpayers into paying for tax preparation services despite qualifying under

5304-589: The traumatic effects on its victims." In 2017, ProPublica and the New York Daily News were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for a series of reports on the use of eviction rules by the New York City Police Department . In 2019, the Peabody Awards honored ProPublica with the first-ever Peabody Catalyst Award for releasing audio in 2018 that brought immediate change to

5382-492: The website or through Quicken and QuickBooks. The site was closed by Intuit on August 23, 2007. For the fiscal year 2021, Intuit reported earnings of US$ 2.062 billion, with an annual revenue of US$ 9.633 billion, an increase of 25.4% over the previous fiscal cycle. Intuit's shares traded at over $ 498.18 per share and total international net revenue was less than 5% of total net revenue. share in US$ In 1993, Intuit acquired Chipsoft,

5460-475: Was also awarded to the Philadelphia Daily News for an unrelated story) for "The Deadly Choices at Memorial", "a story that chronicles the urgent life-and-death decisions made by one hospital's exhausted doctors when they were cut off by the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina." It was written by ProPublica's Sheri Fink and published in The New York Times Magazine as well as on ProPublica.org. This

5538-409: Was controversial, drawing criticism from doctors and prompting a critique from RAND . However, statisticians, including Andrew Gelman , stood behind their decision to attempt to shine light on an opaque aspect of the medical field, and ProPublica offered specific rebuttals to RAND's claims. ProPublica has created an interactive map that allows people to search for addresses in New York City to see

5616-488: Was double that at ProPublica. Steiger's stated strategy is to use a Wall Street Journal pay model to attract journalistic talent. In 2010, eight ProPublica employees made more than $ 160,000, including managing editor Stephen Engelberg ($ 343,463) and the highest-paid reporter, Dafna Linzer , formerly of the Washington Post ($ 205,445). In 2010, ProPublica jointly won the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting (it

5694-701: Was nominated to lead the CIA , sparking renewed scrutiny of her record. The correction affected the credibility and impact of reporting on this topic, as highlighted by discussions in major news outlets like AP News . In 2023, ProPublica launched an investigative series uncovering the complexities and delays in repatriating Native American remains and cultural items under the 1990 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act ( NAGPRA ). The series exposed institutional resistance from museums and universities, driving significant policy discussions and increased efforts toward compliance. This investigative work earned Mary Hudetz

5772-467: Was precisely this question of independence and nonpartisanship ... My history has been doing "down the middle" reporting. And so when I talked to Herb and Marion I said "Are you comfortable with that?" They said, "Absolutely." I said, "Well, suppose we did an exposé of some of the left leaning organizations that you have supported or that are friendly to what you've supported in the past." They said, "No problem." And when we set up our organizational structure,

5850-528: Was published in conjunction with the Los Angeles Times . In 2017, ProPublica launched the Documenting Hate project for systematic tracking of hate crimes and bias incidents . The project is part of their Civil Rights beat, and allows victims or witnesses of hate crime incidents to submit stories. The project also allows journalists and newsrooms to partner with ProPublica to write stories based on

5928-474: Was renamed Intuit Real Estate Solutions (IRES) and offers real estate management products for Windows and the web. In 2002, it acquired Eclipse ERP for $ 88 million, a real-time transaction processing accounting software used for order fulfillment, inventory control, accounting, purchasing, and sales In 2003, it acquired 'Innovative Merchant Solutions' (IMS).a firm that provided merchant services to all types of businesses nationwide. The acquisition gave Intuit

6006-458: Was selling TruPay. On December 5, 2017, Intuit announced its acquisition of TSheets for $ 340 million. On February 24, 2020, Intuit CEO and leader Sasan Goodarzi announced that it planned to acquire Credit Karma for $ 7.1 billion. On August 3, 2020, Intuit announced its acquisition of TradeGecko for $ 100 million. On September 13, 2021, Intuit announced its acquisition of Mailchimp for $ 12 billion. In January of 2024, Intuit integrated some of

6084-695: Was the first Pulitzer awarded to an online news source. The article also won the 2010 National Magazine Award for Reporting . In 2011, ProPublica won its second Pulitzer Prize. Reporters Jesse Eisinger and Jake Bernstein won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for their series, The Wall Street Money Machine . This was the first time a Pulitzer was awarded to a group of stories not published in print. In 2016, ProPublica won its third Pulitzer Prize, this time for Explanatory Reporting , in collaboration with The Marshall Project for "a startling examination and exposé of law enforcement 's enduring failures to investigate reports of rape properly and to comprehend

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