Customer Reviews for H&R Block - Tax Software Deluxe + State 2025 PC/Mac [Key Card] - Windows
Customer Rating
3
Nickeled and dimed, confusing interview
on July 13, 2020
Posted by: dkaygee
from OH
I felt nickeled and dimed with the add on costs. You have to pay more if you want more support and more deductions. If you don't know what you're doing when you start, this does not make it easy at all, but more confusing.
The program worked fairly well for my needs. I have investment income; I buy and sell mutual funds and must account for related gains and losses. I make withdrawals from an IRA. I have a few itemized deductions to evaluate.
The one thing that really flummoxed me is its inability to guide me through recognizing $50 of royalty income from natural gas on my personal residence property. I was issued a 1099-MISC for that trivial amount of income and proceeded to enter it as directed by the program. The result was a complete mess. Ultimately, the error-checking part of the program kept flagging errors associated with this to the point where I had to simply delete all forms related to it and hence not recognize that income. I could not figure out how to add the $50 of royalty it to my income.
It seems easier to use every year, except completing form 2210. That form is a nightmare, and I’m still not sure how it works, but somehow I haven’t had to pay the underpayment penalty. We’ll see what happens with this return.