I've used H&R Block tax software for over a decade and found it to be easy to use with results acceptable to me, the IRS, and state of California. I would give it 5 stars but it remains confusing to me when executing the review ptocess - the app finds areas of concern then shows the actual tax forms or worksheets with questionable items highlighted which is good. The questions asked or suggestions offered are insufficient in my opinion. Until we've arrived at this point in the process we've been in a query/dialog entry activity but now specific form-fills are exposed for the first time; this needs more explanation. Eventially I'm able to stumble through and straighten out the problems. Other than this minor difficulty I continue to be satisfied with their tax software.
Pros: Easy to prepare, Easy to import documents, Fast
I have used this tax software for years on both Mac and Windows machines. It has always worked, calculated the taxes correctly and we do 5 sets of taxes every time due to family.
I have used H&R Block tax programs for 7 years now. It is very easy to use as all you need to do is follow the steps and answer questions. I will never use anything else.
Pros: Easy to prepare, Maximizes refund, Easy to import documents, Fast
Used it for years. It seems to get a little worse each year. A few complaints - cumbersome and time consuming to view all the info one has entered without going back through every screen. - ability to see breakdown of how tax total was computed is non existent. For example: I might have $70K of retirement/IRA income (1099-R stuff), and $60K capital gain income. I want to see how much of my total tax came from the $60K capital gain and at what rate it that part of my income was taxed. - Unless you pay additional money, you get no chat support or help. - between the cost to buy, then add in cost to file your state return, then cost of additional chat support, you are getting close to cost of just taking it to professional tax preparer - which is what I plan to do next year.