Customer Reviews for H&R Block - Tax Software Deluxe + State 2025 PC/Mac [Key Card] - Windows
Customer Rating
4
Good, but not near perfect.
on August 28, 2019
Posted by: Catullus
from Spokane, WA. USA
I have used HR Block Deluxe tax software and its predecessors for more than 20 years, over that period of time the software has greatly simplified a horribly complicated annual task. I am a small investor in the Stock Market, which just complicates the whole tax filing task enormously. I find that the section of the H&R Block software is not very helpful with the topic of tax credit for foreign taxes withheld. Trying to understand the IRS 'guidance' publications is a nightmare. Please, H&R Block, take another look at that portion of your software from the point of view of others like me who are not professional tax accountants.
If its not simple then the software has problems that they don't want to deal with. Some questions are simply wrong. They brag about Help but then hide help many layers deep so you can't find it.
Cons: Time consuming, Hard to prepare, Hard to import documents
I found many questions that i didn't understand and entered an amount twice. It made my tax to pay very high and inaccurate. I had to go over it completely many times. This year I was in the hospital for a lengthy time and had to file very late. I felt the program vague in that area. I have used the program for many years.
I have used H&R Tax preparation software for over 20 years, and this year, it couldn't find my previous years return using the program which is saved in several formats on my local computer. And also, when I tried to efile, the federal government rejected due to a an adjusted gross income number, which was correct on my 2017 return. Unfortunately, I won't be using this software ever again even though I have to pay for the deluxe edition every year.
Overall I just like it better than Turbotax. There had been placed in the pst, with Turbotax, in which I could not edit entries [as though turbtax had those areas LOCKED]. Taxcut has allowed me to go back and update form figures without jumping through a bunch of hoops.
Pros: Easy to prepare, Maximizes refund, Easy to import documents, Fast