I've been using H&R Block Tax Software for many years and remain very satisfied with it's ease of use and accuracy. The automatic transfer of information from one year to the next really speeds up the process.
Pros: Easy to prepare, Maximizes refund, Easy to import documents, Fast
I have been using H&R Block software to do my taxes since 1996. LOVE IT. My husband used to be self employed and it was easy to do the schedule C and business taxes
Excellent, straight forward program that walks you through your taxes quickly. I've been using this program for 15 or twenty years and it keeps getting better and better. I have only one problem and that is the programs ability to import securities transactions. I make hundreds of trades a year and the program will import each transaction and everything balances to the penny, but... The program makes you review every single transaction with a three click repetitive procedure. They need to develop a 'forms approach' where I can have a screen of 15 or twenty trades and just go down the column clicking each trade as reviewed then one enter per page. Until then I'm stuck with entering only total VAR-ST total Gross Pro, total Cost Basis and VAR-LT total Gross Pro, Total Cost Basis and leave it to the IRS to balance to me.
I've used this software over25 years. It's very easy to use for individual tax payers with straightforward finances. I cannot speak to more complex situation.
Pros: Easy to prepare, Maximizes refund, Easy to import documents, Fast
Normally, I'd rate Block 5 stars as I've done for past 5 or 6 years but this year they forced me to take my refund in 2 separate installments without even telling me why. I can only guess that they were trying to safeguard against fraud, but they ought to warn me before imposing their choice onto me. It really created a big hassle. What's the big problem with informing me of their reason(s) and allow me to choose my preference instead of making my choice for me?