Customer Reviews for H&R Block - Tax Software Deluxe + State 2025 PC/Mac [Key Card] - Windows
Customer Rating
5
Works well with a consistent presentation
on April 14, 2022
Posted by: Richard2022
My first tax software was the other "turbo" brand, many decades ago and it was good. But each year it changed too drastically, and got more expensive. Then I used one by Kiplinger, but they stopped producing it. I tried a free online product once, a long time ago, but didn't trust it to keep my information private and secure. I've used the H&R Block ever since. It was called Tax Cut back then. And I seem to keep using it again every year.
I use this program every year (for more the 10 years) and it always works really well and simplifies doing my taxes to the point where I don't have to stress about a thing. This year, however, I was unable to eFile because I had a Form 1095-A due to having Marketplace Insurance and it couldn't handle Form 8962 entry for eFiling purposes and told me I would have to file by paper. That was a big disappointment..
Pros: Easy to prepare, Maximizes refund, Easy to import documents, Fast
If taxes can be comfortable, this software makes it so. A long-time user who finds the process fairly straightforward. I do think the state programs could be "beefed up" and made a bit easier.
I used this same software for years. Not nearly as helpful as it was in the past. Not able to Technical and Tax help. Some areas were very frustrating.
I’ve used the H&R Tax for many years. This was first time with a problem. It was in the selling of stock. The program asks if there was a stock sale. It doesn’t allow you to do any thing until you’re near the end of INCOME. And the section involving required minimum distributions is not up to par either. I took exactly what was required. There should be a place to say that. You concentrate on over contributing or not taking the required amount. Have someone go over those two areas.
I have always used H&R software to file my taxes. This time, 2021 taxes, I could not import information from last year's return. I had to hand type all of the information. As a result, I misspelled my very own Last Name and my return was rejected. Not a lot of fun this year.
Everything worked as normal except when entering 1099B information, accordong to the review before filing returned an error stating ""X" on Form 8949 is not a permitted override". No matter what I did, I was unable to remove the offending "X", and the program would not allow me to e-file.