In New York State teacher's pensions are not counted toward income. See: New York State Department of Taxation Publication # 36:
"Qualified pension benefits or distributions received by officers and employees of the United States, New York State, and local governments within New York State, are exempt from New York State, New York City, and Yonkers income taxes. This subtraction modification is allowed regardless of the age of the taxpayer or of the form the payment(s) take."
Your program failed to account for the aforementioned, erroneously taxing my New York taxes much too high. Program is awful.
I completed my return in Feb. After not seeing the check clear I checked status to find out I evidently did not complete the eFile process as I thought
I have several business, including a retail s corp, a sole proprietorship, and rentals. I have used H&R Block Deluxe for years and have found it easy and thorough. If I have a questions, it is nice to be able to call a professional on their help line and resolve it quickly.
Pros: Easy to prepare, Maximizes refund, Easy to import documents, Fast
I have used your tax preparation software (and its predecessors back to Tax Cut) for many years. I tried a different program for a couple of years but came back to your product. This year for the first time I used it to file an amended return. It was much easier to prepare than I anticipated. The amended returned was even filed for free.
I've been a long-time user of H&R Block software, but this year's edition is a mess. First, after completing all of the federal e-file items and hitting "Submit" my return wasn't submitted, and it wasn't because of anything missing on my end because all the information was still in the program when I later discovered what happened. Second... There is no option to print just the 1040 (for my local taxes) or select which of the 6 linked schedules to print; it's all or nothing, and most of the schedules print on a fraction of a page. Talk about a huge waste of paper!!