Betterment Settles with SEC for $9 Million Over Tax-Loss Harvesting Errors.

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Robo-advisor Betterment has agreed to pay $9m to settle charges with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it misled customers about its tax-loss harvesting service. The SEC alleged that Betterment "misstated or omitted several material facts" in client communications concerning its tax-loss harvesting service. The service saved hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes for more than 275,000 customers who have used it since it was introduced in 2014.
- Robo-advisor Betterment settles tax charges with SEC for $9 million CNBC
- SEC Charges Investment Adviser Betterment for Misstatements Concerning Tax Loss Harvesting Service SEC.gov
- Betterment Offers Insignificant Settlement After Losing Its Users a Potential $4 Million TheStreet
- Betterment Missed Some Tax Trades Bloomberg
- SEC Fines Betterment $9M for Not Revealing Tax-Loss Harvesting Errors Wealth Management
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