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May 25, 2021
Free Tax Prep That's Not Free
A Discussion with ProPublica's Justin Elliott
Summary
In this episode, we are talking to ProPublica investigative journalist Justin Elliott.
Justin has been with ProPublica since 2012 and writes about business and economics, as well as money and influence in politics. He has produced stories for the New York Times and NPR. His work on TurboTax maker Intuit – a story we are discussing today -- won a Gerald Loeb Award for business journalism.
The story of how 70% of Americans are eligible to file their taxes for free, but no one can pull it off has many chapters. Read about it here, here, and here.
ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism with “moral force.”
Agata Popeda is a Polish-American journalist. Interested in everything, with a particular weakness for literature and foreign relations.
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Agata Popeda is a Polish-American journalist. Interested in everything, with a particular weakness for literature and foreign relations.